Reading 2 Heb 12:5-7, 11-13 Brothers and sisters, You have forgotten the exhortation addressed to you as children: “My son, do not disdain the discipline of the Lord or lose heart when reproved by him;
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Inflamate Omnia and the Life of Jeremiah | 20th Sunday in Ordinary Time 2022
Reading 1 Jer 38:4-6, 8-10 In those days, the princes said to the king: “Jeremiah ought to be put to death; he is demoralizing the soldiers who are left in this city, and all the
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Tenderness and Severity: The Father is Pleased to Give You the Kingdom | 19th Sunday in OT 2022
Gospel Lk 12:32-48 Jesus said to his disciples: “Do not be afraid any longer, little flock, for your Father is pleased to give you the kingdom. Sell your belongings and give alms. Provide money bags
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Fools Gold: A Lesson in Sifting | 18th Sunday in Ordinary Time 2022
Readings here: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/073122.cfm Gospel Lk 12:13-21 Someone in the crowd said to Jesus, “Teacher, tell my brother to share the inheritance with me.” He replied to him, “Friend, who appointed me as your judge and
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Redeeming Martha | 16th Sunday in Ordinary Time 2022
Gospel Lk 10:38-42 Jesus entered a village where a woman whose name was Martha welcomed him. She had a sister named Mary who sat beside the Lord at his feet listening to him speak. Martha,
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Being Good Noticers as a Key to Discipleship | 15th Sunday in Ordinary Time 2022
Gospel Lk 10:25-37 There was a scholar of the law who stood up to test Jesus and said, “Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?” Jesus said to him, “What is written in the
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Lessons from the 72 | 14th Sunday in Ordinary Time 2022
Gospel Lk 10:1-12, 17-20 At that time the Lord appointed seventy-two others whom he sent ahead of him in pairs to every town and place he intended to visit. He said to them, “The harvest
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Chesterton Academy Graduation Homily 2022
Homily for the Baccalaureate Mass Chesterton Academy of the Holy Family 26 May 2022 – Ss. Peter and Paul, Naperville — Dear Mr. and Mrs. Bowles; Ms. Jurado and Mr. Janeiro; my esteemed colleagues and
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Honk, Honk: Baby Geese vs Baby Humans | 6th Week of Easter
I’m a proud graduate of the University of St. Mary of the Lake – Mundelein Seminary, which is the major seminary sponsored by the Archdiocese of Chicago in far-north suburban Mundelein, Illinois. Founded by Cardinal
