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Truth’s Spirit: A Homily
Truth’s Spirit: A Homily
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What we are tempted to see as defeat, is really victory. What we tend to believe is the end, is really the beginning. What we are sure will undo us,... Read more...
Aiming Your Prayer: An Rogation Homily
Aiming Your Prayer: An Rogation Homily
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In the nine days following Our Lord’s Ascension, the Holy Apostles and the disciples spent their time in prayer. St Luke tells us that they self-quarantined for their spiritual well-being,... Read more...
Patience & Trust: Easter IV Homily
Patience & Trust: Easter IV Homily
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Pandemics, like death, can, if we let them, focus the mind. And the spirit. On what, or who, we take for granted. On where our priorities truly lie. On whether... Read more...
Only a Little While: Easter III Homily
Only a Little While: Easter III Homily
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For a little while we are enduring sadness and suffering. This “little while” is not chiefly about the current pandemic. The sadness and suffering Our Lord references is persecution for... Read more...
Go Safe, Go Slow: Re-Opening the Parish
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Dear Parishioners & Friends: Christ is risen! In the spirit of love, His Eminence has provided us with a modification to his previous Directive as a first phase to reopening our church in a measured way. This Directive gives us prudent path toward receiving the Sacraments beginning Sunday, May 17, 2020. Since it is a first step, there are many details. These details are important to meet various regulations, but they can also seem a bit overwhelming. I found it very helpful to join with His Eminence in a Zoom... Read more...
The Healing Cross: A Homily
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The dirt had been cleared away, and the three wooden crosses lay carelessly in their grave one on top of the other. No honor, no respect, no veneration had been shown these instruments of death. And why should they have been? They were used to execute criminals: traitors, murders, serial thieves. The worst of the worst. The people who threaten our bodily life, and so scare us more than he who can destroy the soul. For we fear all threats to our quality of life, and are too glib about... Read more...