Spreading the Good News!

This is certainly a strange Easter for all of us.  I, for one, would not have expected that my first Easter as a priest would be celebrated ...
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St. Rocco (Roche or Rock) lived in the mid-14th century during the outbreak of the Black Death.  He was orphaned as a young man and renounc ...
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When Lent began no one would have anticipated that it would be ending like this, especially with the faithful not being able to participate ...
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Right in the middle of the Coronavirus pandemic is the city of Anzu, Italy.  There is a basilica in Anzu where the relics of St. Victor and ...
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This is the question Jesus poses directly to Martha in today’s gospel, after explaining to her:  “I am the resurrection and the life; w ...
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Today is Lætare Sunday, from the first word in Latin of the introit antiphon, “Rejoice, Jerusalem!”  We have reached the midpoint of L ...
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To be honest, I don’t know. “Social distancing” and self-quarantine have become the rule of the day.  For the time being schools are ...
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The refrain of today’s Responsorial Psalm is one that occurs frequently in the Church’s liturgy during Lent.  In fact Psalm 95, from wh ...
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Today’s gospel story appears to be a direct response to the story of the temptation of Jesus in last Sunday’s Gospel.  Two of those tem ...
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This may be one of the oldest excuses in the book, but it is a false excuse.  As we learn through the story of the temptation of Jesus in t ...
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