Spreading the Good News!

This refrain from today’s Responsorial Psalm is one we may utter many times throughout life, especially in times of distress.  We often a ...
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The refrain from today’s Responsorial Psalm expresses well the reason for our gathering for the eucharist:  to be fed by the Lord at the ...
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In today’s gospel Jesus speaks of the kingdom of heaven as something really precious, like a buried treasure or very valuable pearl.  How ...
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Again the refrain from today’s Responsorial Psalm, quoted above, expresses a central theme of today’s scripture readings.  Goodness and ...
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This refrain from today’s Responsorial Psalm anticipates the lesson of the parable of the sower in today’s gospel.  The parable is not ...
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In both the Old and New Testament God often reveals himself as a God of compassion.  In today’s gospel Jesus promises refreshment and res ...
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This weekend St. Peter Parish is celebrating its patronal feast day, transferred to Sunday from June 29.  This is permitted during the seas ...
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Today we resume the more-or-less continuous reading of the Gospel according to Matthew.  Three times in today’s Gospel Jesus tells his di ...
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This is a reasonable reaction to Jesus’ assertion in today’s Gospel, “[T]he bread that I will give is my flesh for the life of the wor ...
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Having completed the celebration of the liturgical seasons which highlight various aspects of the mystery of our redemption, today we simply ...
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