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Paul Andrew
Contributing sermons since Nov 12, 2016
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Fourteenth Sunday In Ordinary Time- Year C: Suitable Explanation Of The Gospel
Contributed on Jul 1, 2025
An encounter with Jesus Christ through Scripture, prayer, and friendly conversation
You are among the seventy-two disciples Jesus appointed, and commissioned by your baptism, and confirmation to tell others that Jesus saves. The verb used is “apostle”: He literally “apostled” us into the world. The Church officially teaches in the National Statutes of OCIA that baptized ...read more
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Solemnity Of Saints Peter And Paul, Apostles
Contributed on Jun 22, 2025
Paul’s sense of being captured by Christ defined his spiritual experience. Peter understands his error when a vision enlightens him to a fundamental truth: that which has been purified by God cannot be called "profane" by anyone.
At the narrowest part of the strait of Gibraltar, where two land masses meet (Africa and Europe, at the mouth of the Med), there are cliffs called the “Pillars of Hercules.” It was the end of the known world. On the old coins of Spain were depicted the two pillars of Hercules, with the Latin motto, ...read more
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The Solemnity Of The Most Holy Body And Blood Of Christ-- Corpus Christi
Contributed on Jun 20, 2025
“Heavenly bread, hellish misunderstanding."
Paul Allman Siple was the scientific leader of the United States' first permanent station at the South Pole. In his workroom at that distant outpost he had a large globe of the world. It was upside down. In other words, it had a South-up map orientation; sometimes called upside-down maps. We ...read more
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Solemnity Of The Ascension Of The Lord: Under His Feet
Contributed on May 27, 2025
To rise, ascend up, into the next level living, seated with Christ, rising to a place of trust to take dominion over what troubles us; over all limitations.
Christ's winning hand is His death and resurrection, but I have a fellow diocesan priest friend who likes to remind others that it’s not just Jesus’ death and resurrection but his Ascension too, which completes the paschal mystery. The Paschal Mystery in Christianity is from the Hebrew ...read more
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Third Sunday Of Easter, Year C- "You Will Find Something” John 21:6
Contributed on Apr 25, 2025
In the spirit of allegory
They caught one hundred fifty-three large fish. Why was the actual number mentioned, does it mean something? Theories abound, with most saying it’s an allegorical number. For example, St. Jerome saw 153 as representing all the known fish species which represents the catholicity or universality ...read more
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God’s Blessing Signifies A Sharing In God’s Life And Power.
Contributed on Dec 9, 2017