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Feast of the Holy Family

Sirach 3:2-6, 12-14; Psalm 128 (v.v.); Colossians 3:12-17; Luke 2:22-40 On December 18, the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith issued Fiducia Supplicans (“The supplicating trust”), its Declaration on the...

Third Sunday of Advent

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...

Second Sunday of Advent

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...

33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time

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,...