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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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02
Jun 2024
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May 2024
When we pray, "Father, Son, and Holy Spirit" we are consciously reconnecting to God. As baptized Christians, the Holy Spirit is always with us and, because these three aspects of God are always connected, God is always with us. We need to remember this. God is with us in good times and bad times. Through Jesus Christ, we are promised eternal life with God....
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12
May 2024
In today's Gospel (John 17: 6-19) Jesus prays for His disciples and the prayer extends to all baptised Christians....
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06
May 2024
In today's Gospel, (John 15) Jesus tells his disciples to love one another. He also tells them that "I chose you." As baptised Christians, we, too, are chosen and have God's work to do. Christ is in us and with us. We need to remember to reach to Him and that we are here to do His work....
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28
Apr 2024
The Gospel today says we need to "abide in Jesus". Given how much our lives are constantly changing, that can be challenging--and at the same time, vitally important....
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21
Apr 2024
By virtue of our Christian baptism, we are Children of God--born by water and the Spirit, the Lord (Jesus Christ) is our Shepherd. He is inside of us (along with the Holy Spirit) and we know His voice. Through Him, we have eternal life....
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Apr 2024
As baptized Christians--by water and the Spirit--We Are Children of God Now. Our lives need to reflect Christ's teachings and our everyday life should reflect Christ and the Holy Spirit's presence within us....
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