https://youtu.be/xdH1_ziUhMU Today’s Gospel is worth reading very carefully, for its message of forgiveness in the withering fig tree. Jesus cursed a fig tree as He walked the half hour between Bethany and Jerusalem. Outside and away from Jerusalem, Bethany had many fig tree groves and it was a place where the poor and sick gathered. […]
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Thursday of the 8th Week in Ordinary Time
https://youtu.be/Si0rooRb4HA Today’s Gospel picks up on the theme of seeing, with the story of Bartimaeus, a man born blind. When he hears Jesus passing by, he cries for help. Jesus knows the deeper truth of his cry. He heals Bartimaeus and invites him to follow Him. We are just like Bartimaeus. We, too, want to […]
Continue ReadingWednesday of the 8th Week in Ordinary Time
https://youtu.be/fJR62_SELb4 In today’s Gospel, Jesus describes a new and radical Pax Christi, which asks us to be the least — to live as servants. He uses the image of slavery to get His point across. This is a powerful illusion to his death: he did not come to be served, but to serve, and to […]
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https://youtu.be/KW-YKmefXvc What more can I do? Jesus says: Go, sell what you have. Give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come follow me. Does hearing this make us feel sad? “Our money becomes a false god,” says Father Jerry in today’s homily, “we are better off poor. But Jesus reassures […]
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https://youtu.be/B3runREsErg Today the church celebrates Mary, as Mother of the Church. On March 3rd, 2018, Pope Francis issued a decree that the Memorial the Blessed Virgin Mother of the Church be observed on the Monday after Pentecost. Recent Popes Paul VI, John Paul II, and Benedict XVI began stressing this title, but in fact, it […]
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