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Gospel Reflection for the 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time
In the Gospel today, a parable is told about people who upon finding treasure, sells everything that they have in order that they may possess this treasure. Is our faith in the Lord our greatest treasure, or is our heart...
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The Parable of the Wheat and the Weeds
Patience, prayer and trust in the Lord!
In his homily from Sunday, July 23, 2023, during Mass at St. Michael's Cathedral Basilica, Archbishop Francis Leo reflects on Jesus the great teacher and his parable of the wheat and the...
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Gospel Reflection for the 13th Sunday in Ordinary Time
The woman in the first reading was able to give her material wealth to support the prophet, Elisha. While we may not have the same material wealth as this woman, we all possess the wealth of our time. As stewards...
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Gospel Reflection for the 11th Sunday in Ordinary Time
In today's Gospel, Jesus shares his mission to proclaim the kingdom of heaven with his disciples. The signs of the kingdom's presence consist of the work that Jesus has already been doing: the sick are cured, lepers are...
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The Heart, the Crown, the Flame
by Fr. Favin Alemao
The devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus entered my life at a very young age. My family home, which was adorned with a picture of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of...
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The Most Sacred Heart of Jesus: Fount of Consolation
by Fr. Joshua Lobo
In a church in Italy just meters away from the Pope's summer residence at Castel Gandolfo is a small side chapel with a sign that captures your attention as soon as you enter. Without any...
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Gospel Reflection
St. Augustine describes in his treaty “On the Trinity” that the Father and the Son eternally look at each other with pure Love, and this unadulterated love is the Holy Spirit, existing for all ages. Hence, through reflecting...
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The Descent of the Holy Spirit
While it would be magnificent to have access to a time travel contraption like you might see in movies or on TV so that we could go back in time roughly 2000 years to witness the first Pentecost, we don...
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Gospel Reflection for Pentecost Sunday
In today’s second reading from Corinthians, St. Paul says that “there are varieties of gifts, but the same spirit … [and] to each is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good.” Each of...
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GOSPEL REFLECTION ON THE ASCENSION OF OUR LORD
Jesus’ ascension is a firm call to action, for at the end of St. Matthew’s Gospel, He gives us the great commission to “make disciples of all nations.” This is a call to be stewards...
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POPE BENEDICT ON THE ASCENSION OF THE LORD
"Dear friends. The Ascension tells us that in Christ, our humanity is brought to the heights of God; thus, every time we pray, earth is united to Heaven. And like incense, burning, its scent is carried on high, hence, when...
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Gospel Reflection for the Sixth Sunday of Easter
In today’s first reading we hear the biblical roots of Confirmation as some believers receive the Holy Spirit after Peter and John lay their hands on them. The Second Vatican Council says that Confirmation, and the receiving of...
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Gospel Reflection for the Fifth Sunday of Easter
The Catechism says that “the faithful exercise their baptismal priesthood through their participation, each according to his own vocation, in Christ's mission as priest, prophet, and king.” The primary and essential act that priests perform is to...