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Fr. Lawrence
March 16, 2024
Friends, As Lent draws near to its end, this Sunday’s readings encourage us to stir from our own darkness and turn towards growth and transformation out of pain and suffering. Prophet Jeremiah makes a great proclamation: ‘See, the days are…
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Fr. Lawrence
March 10, 2024
(Laetare Sunday) Friends, This fourth Sunday of Lent is traditionally known as ‘Laetare (Rejoice!) Sunday’, and our readings today suggest many reasons for rejoicing. The first reading from Chronicles describes the destruction of Jerusalem and the days of exile. But God, working through…
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Fr. Lawrence
March 1, 2024
Friends, As we enter the third week of Lent, our readings remind us of God’s love for us soon to be witnessed in the suffering and death of Christ Jesus. In the first reading, God speaks to the people of Israel…
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Fr. Lawrence
February 23, 2024
Friends, This Sunday, the theme of trust in the Lord is what links all the readings. As we continue our Lenten journey, we are reminded of the extent of the Lord’s love and generosity – if we but listen to…
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Fr. Lawrence
February 16, 2024
Friends, We began our Lenten journey on Ash Wednesday. This first Sunday of Lent now leads us immediately into Jesus’s journey into the desert in prayer, fasting, and facing temptation. The first reading reminds us of the journey of God’s chosen people….
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Fr. Lawrence
February 9, 2024
Friends, The theme of today’s readings is God’s loving compassion and healing. To us, is a call to be caring, pure, and holy. Two of the readings speak of leprosy, a disease that can now be cured but, at the…
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Fr. Lawrence
February 4, 2024
Friends, This Sunday, the readings invite us to examine human suffering more deeply. It is only through Christ that our pain and despair can and will be transformed. Like the suffering people in today’s Gospel, we all long for Christ….
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Fr. Lawrence
January 26, 2024
Friends, “O that today you would listen to his voice! Harden, not your heart.” This Sunday, we can take the psalm as the interpretive key to our readings. The response: O that today you would listen to his voice! Harden, not…
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Fr. Lawrence
January 19, 2024
Friends, Today, as the Church celebrates this third Sunday, the ‘Sunday of the Word of God,’ we are reminded that Christ Jesus is knocking at our door in the words of sacred scripture. If we hear his voice and open the…
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Fr. Lawrence
January 12, 2024
Friends, Today’s readings conclude the feast of Christmas and begin the new season of Ordinary Time. The scripture texts of today’s liturgy depict stories of call and response. In the first reading, we hear the Lord’s dramatic call of Samuel and how…
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