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Paul Andrew
Contributing sermons since Nov 12, 2016
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Fifth Sunday In Ordinary Time, Year C: Fishers: The Call, Objection, Assurance, And Commissioning Stories
Contributed on Jan 8, 2025
“You got it bad and that ain’t good. But there is a doctor in the house and his name is Jesus."
Robert Coles, a Pulitzer Prize winner who taught at Harvard, believes that “the characters in novels can be persistent voices reminding us of the constant temptation toward egotism, and self-deception to which the mind is heir,’ and exhorting us to live lives that are morally inspired.”1 For ...read more
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Presentation Of The Lord In The Temple
Contributed on Jan 2, 2025
Individuals choose their own fate by deciding for or against Jesus
The Presentation is also Groundhog Day. Originally it was known as Candlemas Day: if it was clear and sunny on Candlemas Day, it means "winter will have another fight." Firstborn is a title. It does not imply that there is a second child. Even if a mother only had one-child like Mary, ...read more
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Third Sunday In Ordinary Time, Year C: Using Your Top Three
Contributed on Dec 30, 2024
Our “why” will be Biblical, related to your vocation and, within that, your specific top three charisms.
Today is the 3rd Sunday of Ordinary Time, now dedicated each year to promoting a love and knowledge of Scripture, it’s like our new annual “Bible Sunday” for Catholics. We hear in the three-year cycle of Sunday Mass readings, plus the two-year cycle of daily Mass readings: 13.5 percent of the Old ...read more
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Second Sunday In Ordinary Time, Year C: Cana
Contributed on Dec 23, 2024
Are we holding up OUR part of the covenant of our vocations?
Jesus walks into a bar. “Just 12 waters, please,” while winking at his disciples. I saw this post on social media, DOES ANYONE KNOW WHICH PAGE OF THE BIBLE EXPLAINS HOW TO TURN WATER INTO WINE? I AM JUST ASKING FOR FRIEND. “The Church attaches great importance to Jesus’ presence at the wedding ...read more
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The Epiphany Of The Lord- Be A Star
Contributed on Dec 19, 2024
“You will see his glory within you… shone anew upon the eyes of our mind!”
The idea of "be a star" during Epiphany is a way to reflect on the story of the Magi, or the three wise men, following a star to find baby Jesus. To be a star is not the same thing as being called a star. E.g., The leader of the patriots in the second Jewish War, A.D. 130-135, Bar Kosba, ...read more
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God’s Blessing Signifies A Sharing In God’s Life And Power.
Contributed on Dec 9, 2017