Why do we punish wrongdoers? At a primitive level we do no doubt want to get even. “An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth†is much-quoted phrase to support this desire. This is a step from wanting to annihilate anyone who hurts us, but it is only one step. Then there is […]
Passion Sunday – “C†– March 17, 2013 Read More »
Examples of inexplicable suffering are found in today’s Gospel: the Galileans whose blood the Romans had mingled with their sacrifices and the 18 who were killed when the tower of Siloam fell on them. In Old Testament thought both the cruelty of the Romans and the natural disaster would have been seen as the consequence
Third Sunday of Lent – “C†– March 3, 2013 Read More »
Mountains, in religious literature, were places where the human could touch the divine. Sure enough, at the top of that mountain with Jesus, the apostles witness His divinity revealed, but they also glimpse His purpose as a bringer of liberation. It is significant that Jesus does not meet with Aaron the priest, who was the
Second Sunday of Lent – “C†– February 24, 2013 Read More »
When Jesus leaves the Jordan river, He is filled with the glory of God’s Holy Spirit. He has been anointed with that Spirit, endowed with all grace for His mission in this world. He looks like any other man, yet His daily encounters over the next three years will reveal the greatness in Him more
First Sunday of Lent – “C†– February 17, 2013 Read More »
Lent began on Ash Wednesday. As Jesus fasted for 40 days in the desert, the Church traditionally fasts during Lent. A form of bodily prayer, fasting and abstinence in union with other Christians reminds us of our total dependence on and love for God. Please remember that Wednesdays and Fridays are days of abstinence from
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Sunday, February 21st – Stations of the Cross after Holy Mass Sunday, February 28th – Bitter Lamentations (Part 1), after Holy Mass Sunday, March 7th – Stations of the Cross after Holy Mass Sunday, March 14th – Solemnity – Institution of the PNCC – before the Mass – the oath of the Parish Committee and
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