Spreading the Good News!

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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Today we celebrate the third of the three solemnities of the Easter season, the Solemnity of Pentecost.  It is the feast of the Holy Spirit ...
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Today we celebrate the second of the three solemnities of the Easter season, the Ascension of the Lord.  The Gospel of Luke and the Acts of ...
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The Easter mystery is the most fundamental mystery of the Christian faith.  Its proclamation is at the heart of the Church’s mission.  T ...
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Before the restrictions of the current pandemic, the St. Charles Parish Center Planning Committee met to select an architectural firm.  Onc ...
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In today’s Second Reading Saint Peter reminds us that we are “a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people of [God’s] ow ...
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In today’s Gospel Jesus employs the image of a shepherd to describe his relationship to us, his sheep.  We are happy to be his sheep beca ...
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These words were the title of the Apostolic Letter of Saint John Paul II on the Year of the Eucharist, which was observed from October 2004 ...
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