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Today, as we celebrate the Feast of the Holy Innocents, and our hearts are drawn to the tragic story from Matthew’s Gospel. King Herod, was driven by fear of losing his power, and as a reaction to fear he orders the massacre of innocent children in Bethlehem, all in a vain attempt to eliminate the Christ-child. These infants, though totally unaware of their sacrifice, became the first martyrs f...

In our first reading from the Book of Daniel, the prophet speaks of a time of distress, one that will precede the triumph of God. Daniel writes to give the people of Israel hope in a difficult time, reminding them that God is present even in their suffering, and that there will be a time of deliverance and renewal. This is a message of hope. In today’s Gospel from Mark, Jesus describes cosmic e...

Think of St. Joseph, the earthly father of Jesus. He wasn’t a man of many words, but his actions spoke louder than any words could. He protected and provided for Mary and Jesus with quiet strength and unwavering faith. Joseph’s example reminds us that being a faithful man means being strong in service-not just to our families but to our parish communities. The Church needs men who will step up ...

By coming to this alter and uniting yourselves to each other in the church, under this cross, you are uniting yourselves to Christ, and to his sacrificial offering he made for us on the cross. Love is willing the good of the other over yourself. Love is sacrifice, which means your own needs must now come after your love for God, and your spouse. God first because God is love. Then he will show ...

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St Faustina in her diary (1385) reflected on the Eucharist and journaled, “When I come to a human heart in Holy Communion, my hands are full of all kinds of graces which I want to give to the soul, but souls do not even pay attention to me. They leave me to myself and busy themselves with other things,… They treat me as a dead object.” My friends I am here to tell you the Eucharist is alive! Vi...

Jesus said, ”Unless a grain of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains just a grain of wheat; but if it dies, it produces much fruit.” And then John says in our second reading today, “Beloved: We know that we have passed from death to life because we love our brothers. Whoever does not love remains in death.” I think what you see here is the perfect description of love. Love is willing t...

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Fulton Sheen wrote a book about love and marriage, and he said, “Love that is held together only by the flesh is as fragile as the flesh, but love which is held together by a spiritual oneness and based on a love of a common destiny, is truly "until death do us part." What makes a true mutual inherence is not the sharing of the same sensations of pleasure. Rather the "sister-soul" and "brother-...

Corporal works of mercy consist especially in feeding the hungry, sheltering the homeless, clothing the naked, visiting the sick and imprisoned, and burying the dead. The Church has always had a special concern for the poor. Scripture commands, He who has two coats, are to share with him who has none, and he who has food must do likewise. Our charitable works committee at St. Matthew is one way...

When we met to discuss the readings, Rachel really liked a reading from the Book of Ruth (1:16-17) it wasn’t in our choices of readings, so I would like to read it to you now because it says so much about their desire to make God the most important part of their marriage, From the book of Ruth, “Wherever you go, I will go. Wherever you live, so shall I live. Your people shall be my people, and ...

ust like last week we looked at the story of the woman at the well for the RCIA Mass, and we saw the connection with Baptism, the same thing is true for this Fourth Sunday of Lent. The story of the man born blind in John ch 9, is another story foundational for our understanding of the Sacraments most especially Baptism, which is what our catechumens will be receiving on Easter. We see a theme b...

This fourth Sunday of lent is called Laetare Sunday, It’s a title taken from the first words of our entrance antiphon today,”Laetare Jerusalem” “Rejoice Jerusalem, and all who love her. Be joyful all who were in mourning: exult and be satisfied at her consoling breast.” Those are words of consolation originally given to the exiled Jews in Babylon. It was just a small sign of the far greater lib...

Leprosy is a symbol of sin. Peter Kreeft one of my favorite theologians reflected on these readings and he described it in this way, Leprosy does not kill the body immediately, what it does is it slowly disfigures it. The only place for evil to exist is in things, and all things are good, because all things were created by God. Evil is not a thing but it is the lack of the right order of a thin...

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