Habakkuk 1:2-3;2:2-4;  2 Timothy 1:6-8;  Luke 17:5-10 This fall I have been constantly reminded of the blessing and sanctity of human life.  I just baptized a child born with a series of medical conditions which will require several corrective surgeries and procedures.  I know of several expectant mothers who are on strict bed-rest to...
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 We just celebrated the feast of the Guardian Angels on Saturday. I suspect most of us didn’t even avert to it, since we were busy about other things. Saturday is often the day for yard work, children’s sports, household projects, shopping, or other things that we don’t have time for during the week. Thinking...
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Amos 6:1,4-7; 1 Timothy 6:11-16; Luke 16:19-31 The prophet Amos spoke to the people of Israel at a time when they had become financially prosperous.  Comfortable in their homes and their way of life their days were filled with eating, drinking, and being merry.  At the very same time their society around them was...
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Amos 8:4-7; I Timothy 2:1-8; Luke 16:1-13 Every minute of every day, the nations of the world spend 2.85 million dollars on military armaments.  Every day, 16000 children die of hunger. Every year, 1.2 million babies are aborted in the U.S.  Every day, a species becomes extinct.  Every year, an area of the...
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Exodus 32:7-11,13-14; 1 Timothy 1:12-17; Luke 15:1-32 Discipleship, if you really think about it, is an adult experience of faith.  While children can and do believe in Jesus, their expression of faith is pretty much limited to the choices their parents make for them.  A child cannot typically live the call to discipleship because...
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Wisdom 9:13-18;  Philemon 9-10,12-17;  Luke 14:25-33 A century before Christ was born, crucifixion was introduced by the Roman authorities as a punishment for those who committed treason.  Crucifixion soon became commonplace in Palestine, the region where Jesus was born and raised.  When Jesus was about ten years old, history teaches us that the Romans...
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Sirach 3:1718,20,28-29; Hebrews 12:18-23; Luke 14:1,7-14 It is through pride that sin and suffering came into this world.  Our first parents, Adam and Eve, were faced with the very temptation that resulted in the fall of the tempter.  As faith teaches us, Satan began as an angel named Lucifer.  Created as a pure spirit,...
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Isaiah 66: 18-21; Hebrews 12: 5-7,11-13; Luke 13: 22-30 One of the greatest gifts I have received as a priest is the gift of people’s lives.  People share with me their innermost thoughts, their innermost fears, their innermost hopes and dreams.  It is a gift to be able to walk with people on their...
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Revelation 11:19; 12:1-6,10; 1 Corinthians 15:20-27; Luke 1:39-56 The Magnificat, Mary’s Hymn of Praise, has been a part of the Church’s liturgy since the 6th century of Christianity.  Religious and ordained ministers pray this canticle every day during evening vespers.  It also has been chosen as the prayer for different religious organizations through the...
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The date is set for the parent meeting for information on their child’s sacramental preparation.  Please plan on attending the Wednesday night meeting, September 8, 2010, 6:30-7:30 pm at Nativity Church.  Question and answer time with Fr. Tom Feltman and Kathy Bourdon.
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