Spreading the Good News!

The Catholic Bishops of the United States have decreed that January 22, the anniversary of Roe v. Wade, is to be observed annually as a day ...
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We have returned to the liturgical season of Ordinary Time.  You will notice that a noble simplicity has returned in the church decorations ...
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The Christmas season concludes today with the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord.  As narrated in today’s Gospel, God the Father himself at ...
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Happy New Year to all!  The beginning of each new year is both a time of hope and a time of challenge.  The hope is that we will find new ...
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Today we celebrate the Feast of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph.  When God the Son, the second person of the Blessed Trinity, bec ...
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Today we hear the familiar story of the Annunciation.  Saint Bernard of Clairvaux (1090-1153) in a homily “In Praise of the Virgin Mother ...
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This Third Sunday of Advent is Gaudete Sunday.  This name comes from the first word in Latin of the Introit (Entrance) Antiphon from today� ...
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Today’s Gospel introduces us to the last of the prophets, Saint John the Baptist.  The Gospel sees him fulfilling the Isaian prophecy in ...
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Today begins a new liturgical year.  Although God is timeless, we live in time.  Today we bless our Advent Wreath as a sign of our growing ...
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The refrain from today’s Responsorial Psalm calls “blessed” those who fear the Lord.  In other languages such as Latin there are two ...
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