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28th Sunday in Ordinary Time – XXVIII Domingo ordinario

Isaiah 25:6-10a; Psalm 23; Philippians 4:12-14, 19-20; Matthew 22:1-14 All of us, I suspect, have at least one “happy place.” It’s where we experience peace, joy, reassurance, and the sense that we have all...

Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Baseball-player-swings-bat Isaiah 56:1, 6-7; Romans 11:13-15; Matthew 15:21-28 I love sports. As a participant and competitor, I’ve learned a lot about myself and had many opportunities to grow not only in body and mind but also in spirit. Sports...

19th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Alexandra-gorn-smus juza9i-unsplash 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time 1 Kings 19:9a, 11-13a; Romans 9:1-5; Matthew 14:22-23 We all live with fear. It’s a basic human emotion and response to people and things that threaten us. Fear helps keep us alive. We also...

Transfiguration of the Lord

Matt-hardy-6arttluciua-unsplash Transfiguration of the Lord Daniel 7:9-10, 13-4; 2 Peter 1:16-19; Matthew 17:1-9 The Church has celebrated the Feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord since at least the 7th century. But it wasn’t until 1456 that Pope...