Christian Living
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The Journey of a Holy Family
Today is the Sunday in the Octave of Christmas, which means it is the Feast of the Holy Family, and it’s also the memorial of the Slaughter of the Holy Innocents because Sunday is December 28th. The readings we just had do not relate the story of the Holy Innocents, but that story has much Continue reading
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Wisdom and Salvation
Today we are in the 22nd Sunday of the 34 numbered Sundays of ordinary time. Ordinary time is not ordinary in the sense that nothing special is happening; rather, it simply means these are the weeks that have numbers and are not one of the other specific seasons like Advent, Lent, Christmas or Easter. This Continue reading
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Duc in Altum
This morning at Mass, the contemplative priest whose homilies resonate so deeply in my interior, preached on the Gospel of Luke chapter 5, verses 1-11. This is a familiar story, the one about Jesus encountering Peter and James and John on the shore of the lake of Genesareth. Peter, James and John have fished all Continue reading
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The Body of Christ
The readings today give us an opportunity to think about the Church: to think about what it is, how it works, and what it does. The Church is the mystical body of Christ, as St. Paul explains to the community in Corinth. From the Creed we profess as Mass, we know the Church is the Continue reading
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Servant Leadership
The readings today remind us what Jesus did for us, and they suggest that he should be the model for our lives. We first get from the prophet Isaiah a description of the suffering servant, which is what Jesus will be many centuries later. It says: If he gives his life as an offering for Continue reading
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Mason and Josephine
I have known Josephine since she was about three years old, and so I know, Mason, how lucky you are to be able to take her as your wife. Even among the Winbornes, who are all awesome in their own right, Josephine is a particularly beautiful person. It doesn’t take one very long, Josephine, to Continue reading
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Love and Obey
All God really demands of us is to love him and obey him. Those words are hard words. They are hard to understand and they are hard to swallow. What is love? That might have been Pilate’s real question. Why do I have to obey might be the other question. We are told in the Continue reading
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Christ is Truly King
The Feast of Christ the King is relatively new, having been instituted in 1925 by Pope Pius XI. The point of the feast is relatively old, for it weighs in on the question of whether or not those who live in the world but do not recognize Jesus as their king are nonetheless his subjects. Continue reading
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Discerning Caesar
The gospel reading today has much to tell us about discernment. The end, the goal, of discernment is the identification of the best or truest outcome, and the determination to do what is necessary to achieve it. Last week, the parable of the wedding feast was also about discernment. The wedding banquet was not limited Continue reading
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The harvest is abundant!
Luke 10:1-12 The harvest is abundant but the laborers are few… I have always thought that being a missionary would be an amazing call. Responding to Jesus’ call and going somewhere new and different to spread the Good News. To change lives and help people get to know Jesus Christ and His radical love. In Continue reading
Bound in Love 