How are the readings for the Sundays of Lent chosen and structured? The Lenten season is powerfully significant. A meticulous overall plan was envisioned for the Sunday readings that would convey the rich variety of Lenten themes. The three readings, along with the psalm, were all chosen to correspond thematically. A common theme...
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Joshua 24:1-2,15-18;  Ephesians 5:21-32;  John 6:60-69 To appreciate today’s gospel it needs to be understood in its fuller context.  This is the conclusion of the gospels we have been reading for the past four Sundays, known as Jesus’ bread of life discourses.  In this discourse Jesus teaches us that he is the “bread of...
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As Jesus feeds his followers in this life, John's writing affirms that they will also share the eucharistic table with God for all eternity.
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How many of you have ever had the pleasure of listening to a child practicing the piano? As the child struggles with some of the complicated fingering patterns you hear the same notes over and over and over again. When they finally have mastered the particular fingering exercise, and you have heard...
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