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Aug 2024
Jesus is the "Bread of Life that came down from Heaven." We are to eat His body and to drink his blood" so that we may gain eternal life. Christ's presence inside us changes us. ...
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04
Aug 2024
In the Gospel, John tells of Jesus speaking with the 5,000 people who had received bread and fish from Jesus and His disciples. He reminds them that He is the Bread of Life--eternal life.
All of us need to choose to be with Christ....
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28
Jul 2024
We need to hunger to do more with Christ. Fr Mike encourages everyone to use this prayer: "Dear Lord, three things I pray. To see thee more clearly. To Love thee more dearly. and to Follow thee more nearly, day by day."...
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21
Jul 2024
In today's Gospel (Mark 6:30-34, 53-56), Jesus Christ felt compassion for the crowds that gathered around him. He acted out of that compassion. We, too, can feel that compassion and respond to it--feeding the hungry, helping those around us....
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15
Jul 2024
After the attempted assassination of former President Trump yesterday, two theologians marked the occasion by reminding Christians of the importance of bringing forward Christ's love, grace, and peace in all situations....
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30
Jun 2024
In today's Gospel (Mark 5), Jesus gives abundant life to two people. Looking at Jesus's miracles, it is clear that he gives us abundant life--now and for eternity....
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23
Jun 2024
All three lessons today deal with having faith in God and following that faith to overcome fear. We, too, need to think about these lessons and to see how we can increase our faith to overcome fear and other challenges in our lives. "Faith over fear" is the common denominator in all of these lessons....
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16
Jun 2024
Our church has grown and evolved in all the years since then--sometimes with more members, sometimes with fewer members. We have never been huge. God looks into our hearts, and has planted a seed within each of us. We come together in Calvary to worship, to praise God, to learn, and to share. God helps us grow as individuals and as a parish community....
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10
Jun 2024
"Even though our outer nature is wasting away, our inner nature is being renewed day by day" 2 Corinthians 4
As baptized Christians, the Holy Spirit and the Christ are within each of us. As part of our learning and experiencing life, we need to allow the Holy Spirit and the Christ to lead us from the inside out....
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