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19th Sunday in Ordinary Time
August 10, 2019
Wisdom 18:6-9; Hebrews 11:1-2, 8-19; Luke 12;32-48
Last month we celebrated the 50th Anniversary of one of the greatest achievements of the last century: the Apollo 11 moon landing. When Neil Armstrong stepped down...
18th Sunday in Ordinary Time
August 3, 2019
Ecclesiastes 1:2, 2:21-23; Colossians 3:1-5, 9-11; Luke 12:13-21
A couple of months ago, a man walked past a van in a Chicago neighborhood. He noticed a bad odor and flies buzzing near the door. He called the police....
17th Sunday in Ordinary Time
July 27, 2019
Genesis 18:20-32; Colossians 2:12-14; Luke 11:1-13
“I’m sorry to bother you.” All of us have heard or used that simple sentence. It’s both an apology and an appeal. It’s the...
16th Sunday in Ordinary Time
July 20, 2019
“Martha, Martha….”
When we hear those words in today’s gospel reading, how many of us can hear our own names? “John, John [or your name here], you are anxious and worried about many...
Notes from a Journey - Capuchin Friar John Celichowski