Tuesday, July 2, 2024

13th Week in Ordinary Time 2024 - Tuesday - Trusting Christ in the Storm

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Yesterday we started reading from the book of the prophet Amos. Amos was not a professional prophet but a shepherd and fig farmer from Judah...
Sunday, June 30, 2024

13th Sunday of Ordinary Time 2024 - Death, Life, and Interruptions

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 Interruptions. Most of us hate to be interrupted. We’re in the middle of preparing a meal, and the phone rings; in the middle of our prayer...
Friday, June 28, 2024

June 28 2024 - St. Irenaeus - Apostolic Tradition and Unity with God

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  In the top middle stained-glass window in the east nave here at St. Ignatius is a depiction of St. John the Apostle consecrating two bisho...
Wednesday, June 26, 2024

12th Week in Ordinary Time 2024 - Wednesday - Rediscovering God's Word and Authentic Prophets

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 Almost a hundred years had passed from yesterday’s old testament reading about King Hezekiah going into the Temple, kneeling down, and plea...
Tuesday, June 25, 2024

12th Week in Ordinary Time 2024 - Tuesday - Laying your troubles before God

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During the reign of Hezekiah, King of Judah, in the late 8th century BCE, the Assyrian Empire, under King Sennacherib, was expanding aggress...
Monday, June 24, 2024

June 24 2024 - Nativity of St. John the Baptist - The prophetic role of Christians

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When the Church celebrates the feast day of a saint, we are usually celebrating the anniversary of the saint’s death.   But the Church also ...
Tuesday, June 18, 2024

11th Week of Ordinary Time 2024 - Tuesday - Sins of parents and leaders and seeking perfection

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 Yesterday, from the first book of Kings, we read of the many sins of King Ahab and Queen Jezebel in conspiring to have the vineyard owner N...