Showing posts with label silence. Show all posts
Showing posts with label silence. Show all posts
Sunday, August 9, 2026

19th Sunday in Ordinary Time 2026 - Prayerful Silence

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  Throughout the Scriptures we find our Lord going to secluded places to pray. In the Gospel today, for example, after a long and arduous da...
Tuesday, June 24, 2025

June 24 2025 - The Nativity of St. John the Baptist - The breaking of divine silence

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 When the Church celebrates the feast day of a saint, we are usually celebrating the day of the saint’s death. For example the feast of the ...
Monday, December 23, 2024

December 23 2024 - Silence and Acclamation

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   Two days before Christmas, today, we hear in our Gospel, Zechariah breaking his silence at the birth of his son, John. “Immediately his m...
Monday, January 9, 2023

Feast of the Holy Family (EF) 2023 - BXVI and the School of the House of Nazareth

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  Happy Feast of the Holy Family. "The house of Nazareth", Pope Benedict wrote, "is a school of prayer where one learns to li...
Tuesday, October 6, 2020

October 6 2020 - St. Bruno - Athletes of the soul

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  The Christian Philosopher Svoren Kierkegaard said if he were a doctor he would prescribe as a remedy for all the world’s disorders, “silen...
Wednesday, January 15, 2020

1st Week in OT 2020 - Wednesday - Prayerful listening that we might hear

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Prayer is an integral dimension of the Christian life. We profess our faith in our Creed, we celebrate our faith in the liturgy, we conform ...
Saturday, December 21, 2019

4th Sunday of Advent 2019 - 3 Lessons from St. Joseph

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During the season of Advent, we contemplate some of the great biblical figures: the Blessed Mother, John the Baptist, Elizabeth & Zech...
Sunday, September 8, 2019

23rd Sunday of OT 2019 - Silence and rest

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Since my first year in seminary, my seminary classmates and I, who are now priests, take a week or two vacation at the end of August up in...
Wednesday, July 24, 2019

July 24 2019 - St. Charbel Mahkluf - Seeds grow in silence

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One of the characteristics of the Parables of Jesus, is that they are not always immediately comprehensible. They take a little figuring out...
Friday, October 6, 2017

October 6 2017 - St. Bruno - Silence: A simple and joyful rest, full of God

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The Christian Philosopher Svoren Kierkegaard said if he were a doctor he would prescribe as a remedy for all the world’s disorders, “sil...
Sunday, July 16, 2017

15th Sunday in OT 2017 - Making the soul fertile ground for encountering Christ

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You’ve probably heard the news that Holy Father Pope Francis has appointed a new bishop, His Excellency Bishop Nelson Perez to the dioce...
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Saturday, April 15, 2017

Holy Saturday 2017 - Morning Prayer Reflection - "He descended into hell"

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The ancient homily on Holy Saturday states: “there is a great silence on earth today, a great silence and stillness. The whole earth keeps...
Friday, March 31, 2017

Homily: Friday - 4th Week of Lent 2017 - The hour is near

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The "hour" of Jesus is a noticeably prominent theme in John’s Gospel. The word "hour" sometimes refers simply to a s...
Friday, March 24, 2017

Homily: Friday - 3rd Week of Lent 2017 - The Lenten Desert

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The Christian Philosopher Svoren Kierkegaard said if he were a doctor he would prescribe as a remedy for all the world’s disorders, “sil...
Thursday, January 19, 2017

Homily: Thursday - 2nd Week in OT 2017 - God's silence in the face of suffering

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Yesterday, I had the pleasure of watching the new Martin Scorsese movie, called “Silence” based on the book of the same name, by Catholic ...