The Gift of Repentance
December 10, 2023
Sunday Soundbite for September 3, 2023
Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time Cycle ASeptember 3, 2023 A Franciscan story tells how St. Francis was about to send some of his brothers to preach in a hostile, pagan land. Everyone expected them to suffer martyrdom, and so those
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Sunday Soundbite for August 27, 2023
Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time Cycle AAugust 27, 2023 This Sunday’s readings have a common element—Davidic keys as a symbol of authority. The reading from Isaiah narrates that Eliakim is in the line of David and that he will be
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Sunday Soundbite for August 20, 2023
Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time Cycle AAugust 20, 2023 What’s behind a story? Specifically, what’s behind today’s Gospel story? There Jesus meets a Gentile mother who pleads for an exorcism for her daughter. Surprisingly, Jesus says that his mission is
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Sunday Soundbite for August 13, 2023
Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Cycle AAugust 13, 2023 Today’s Sunday readings have two stories about two Biblical characters whose qualities I’d like to possess. Let me explain. In the First Reading we meet the prophet Elijah. Pursued by the
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Sunday Soundbite for August 6, 2023
Transfiguration of the Lord Cycle AAugust 6, 2023 Religious composer Marty Haugen has a musical collection called The Song of Mark, which features stories from that Gospel. One song called “So Good to be Here,” is a delightful number that
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Sunday Soundbite for July 30, 2023
Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Cycle AJuly 30, 2023 Are you a collector? I’ve collected stamps from childhood, although I’ve never had enough money to do it seriously. And I love books, and have a few small collections of titles
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