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Mar 2024
Before a bird will sit on a person's finger, he will peck at the finger to see if it is solid enough to hold him. Nicodemus tested Jesus and Jesus shared some of His wisdom with Nicodemus. We, too, sometimes test Jesus to see if we can trust Him. While His words are sometimes confusing, his Disciples came to trust him--with everything. We, too, need to put our trust and faith in Jesus and to act accordingly....
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03
Mar 2024
Jesus is giving signs of His mission and who He is. Many times in the Bible, Christ's disciples have to wait for an experience before they understand what Jesus shared with them. We, too, are given gifts from God from our baptism onward. How can we tune-in more to the presence of God?...
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13
Feb 2024
We, too, have a responsibility to share the Good News of Jesus Christ. Part of this sharing is through outreach throughout the world on World Mission Sunday. Our collection will be divided between World Mission Outreach and our two companion dioceses, Southeast Mexico and Renk, South Sudan. (Use the PayPal QR code to donate online)...
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05
Feb 2024
God is all powerful and the creator of all things. We need to trust God's timing for our lives and for our church....
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29
Jan 2024
n today's Gospel (Mark 1: 21-28), Jesus displays His authority by removing an unclean spirit from a man. This was a start to the expansion of Jesus's ministry. Jesus calls to us to expand our ministry--we need to listen....
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Jan 2024
In today's Gospel reading, (Mark 1: 14-20) and in Luke 5: (1-11), Jesus demonstrates His gifts and calls His disciples to him. They immediately leave what they were doing and follow him. How are we letting go of what preoccupies us and follow where Christ calls us to go, to do what Christ calls us to do, to be what Christ calls us to be?...
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15
Jan 2024
Homily–“If You Believe, You Will See Greater Things” Fr Michael Rasicci’s homily for the 2nd Sunday after the Epiphany, 01/14/2024, “Companion Diocese Sunday” In today’s Gospel (John 1: 43-51), Jesus begins to expand his teaching to the world. Nathan, who had never met Jesus before, listens to Him for the first time and immediately recognizes Jesus as “the Son of God, the King of Israel.” Jesus tells Nathan that, “If he believes, he will see greater things.” Today our collection goes to support the work of our two Companion Dioceses, Southeast Mexico......
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07
Jan 2024
God is further affirming Christ's role in salvation.We, too, need to keep manifesting Christ in our awareness....
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01
Jan 2024
Through our baptism, we, too, are children of God and Jesus lives in us and we in him. Our lives, more and more, need to reflect the love and the good that Jesus does....
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Dec 2023
Eve, a virgin promised to Adam, listened to the tempter and started the fall from the Garden of Eden. Mary, a virgin promised to Joseph, had a love of God in her heart and listened to a request from God given to her by an angel. Mary chose to say "yes" to that request and Jesus Christ became flesh and dwelt among us....
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