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Third Sunday of Advent

December 16, 2023
Isaiah 61:1:1-2a, 10-11; Luke 1:46-50, 53-54; 1 Thessalonians 5:16-24; Jn 1:6-8, 19-28 Norman Higginbotham. I still remember the name of the professor who taught Astronomy at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point more than...

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Second Sunday of Advent

December 9, 2023
Isaiah 40:1-5, 9-11; 2 Peter 3:8-14; Mark 1:1-8 In 1919 an ambitious young officer in the U.S. Army was tasked with leading a convoy of more than 80 trucks from the East Coast to the West Coast. Their purpose was to assess our...

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33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time

November 19, 2023
33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time Proverbs 31:10-13, 19-20, 30-31; 1 Thessalonians 5:1-6; Matthew 25:14-30 Today’s gospel reading reminded me of the TV series Shark Tank. The parable and the show share common themes of risk,...

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32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time

November 11, 2023
Wisdom 6:12-16; Psalm 63:3-8; 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18; Matthew 25:1-13 Robert Baden-Powell, founder of the modern scouting movement, published his first organizational manual, Scouting for Boys, in 1908. It was the fruit of his...

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