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Homily
Fr. Lawrence
December 3, 2021
Friends, Today’s readings offer the gift of joy and the invitation to conversion. The words of Prophet Baruch come to us with hope and consolation in our present life crisis, struggles, and decisions. Thus, during this Advent, when we…
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Fr. Lawrence
November 26, 2021
Friends, Today, we begin a new liturgical year in the Church’s cycle. It is year C and every Sunday during year C; we read the Gospel of Luke on Sundays with a few Sundays within the year when the…
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Fr. Lawrence
November 19, 2021
Friends, We have come to the last Sunday of the liturgical calendar, year B. This Sunday, we ask the Lord to grant all peoples the gift of Unity and Peace, and that holiness, love, and Justice fills our lives….
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Fr. Lawrence
November 12, 2021
Friends, As the liturgical year in the Church’s calendar draws to a close, the Gospel of Mark draws to its end with only three chapters remaining. Mark recalls two things. First, the last action that Jesus is about to take…
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Fr. Lawrence
November 5, 2021
Friends, We have been journeying on the way of the Lord our God. On this journey, the Lord is with us, offering himself for our salvation. He feeds us, opens us to see what we can offer him, and…
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Fr. Lawrence
October 30, 2021
Friends, With these words of the Lord, “You are not far from the kingdom of God” (Mark 12:34); let us reflect on the readings on this thirty-first Sunday of the liturgical cycle. What keeps the non-controversial lawyer closer to the…
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Fr. Lawrence
October 22, 2021
Friends, As the journey of Jesus and his disciples to Jerusalem concludes, ours through the liturgical calendar draws a close end. The readings this week challenge us to reflect on how we might be blind and our readiness to…
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Fr. Lawrence
October 15, 2021
Friends, We continue our journey of faith through the liturgical calendar and guided by the Gospel of Mark. Jesus had already predicted his suffering and death a few Sundays ago. As we contemplate our savior, the High Priest and…
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Homily
Fr. Lawrence
October 8, 2021
Friends, These words of Jesus, “You lack one thing,” to the man who ran to him asking what he could do to possess eternal life, are meaningful to us today. Let us reflect on them to consider more deeply…
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Homily
Fr. Lawrence
October 2, 2021
Friends, “Let the little children come to me.” These are the words of Jesus inviting the children to him. He put his arms around them and gave them his blessing. On this Sunday of the liturgical calendar, Jesus is…
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