During the month of November, we come to the end of one liturgical year and the beginning of another. The first Sunday of the new liturgical year is the Sunday closest to November 30, the Feast of St. Andrew the Apostle. We will conclude our focus on the Gospel of Matthew in Year A and […]
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As we approach the end of the liturgical year, the Gospel readings during Holy Mass begin to place an emphasis on the end times and an understanding of the Kingdom of God. These lessons are most often presented to us in the form of parables. We will hear a number of them over the next
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During this time in what is known as the Ordinary Time season, we spend a considerable amount of our time considering and reflecting on the teachings of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. And especially over the past few weeks we have encountered a number of His parables. We remind ourselves that parables are designed
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Within the Gospel reading from the 21st Sunday in Ordinary Time we are present for a dialogue between Jesus and His disciples in the region of Caesarea Philippi. “[Jesus] asked His disciples, ‘Who do people say that the Son of Man is?’ And they said, ‘Some say John the Baptist, but others Elijah, and still
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During this portion of the Ordinary Time season as we work our way through the Gospel of St. Matthew, we encounter a number of parables of our Lord. On the 15th Sunday in Ordinary Time this year we hear the Parable of the Sower. “And [Jesus] told them many things in parables, saying: ‘Listen! A
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In this year of 2023 several celebrations within our Holy Church come together, some by design and some merely by chance, but because this has happened it allows us to take note, as well as to see what we can discover concerning our Lord’s call to us. June has long been celebrated within the Polish
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As a closing to the Easter season, the Church celebrates the Solemnity of Pentecost, the Descent of the Holy Spirit. Following the ascension of our Lord, on Ascension Thursday, Jesus told the apostles to wait for the Holy Spirit. “While staying with them, [Jesus] ordered them not to leave Jerusalem, but to wait there for
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At long last, following the discipline and sacrifice of the Lenten season we have arrived at the glory of the resurrection of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. On this Sunday we will hear the first reactions of the apostles as they are confronted with the empty tomb and grow in faith that Jesus is
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As we approach the end of the Lenten season this year we focus on two of the miracle stories within the Gospel of St. John. On the Fourth Sunday of Lent we hear the miracle of the healing of the man born blind and on the Fifth Sunday of Lent (Passion Sunday) we hear the
As February comes to a close we enter the season of Great Lent, a season to begin the spiritual practices which allow us to unite ourselves with the Passion and Death of our Lord Jesus Christ and grow closer to Him in our journey of faith. In the Gospel reading of Ash Wednesday we hear