3RD SUNDAY OF LENT: ZEAL TO DEFEND GOD’S TEMPLE
Readings: 1st- Ex. 20:1-17; 2nd- 1 Cor. 1:22-25; Gospel- Jn. 2:13-25 There are three symbolic features in the readings of this weekend...
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Vincent Arisukwu
- Feb 27, 2021
- 5 min
2nd SUNDAY OF LENT: TRUST LIKE ABRAHAM, GOD WALKS AHEAD
Readings: 1st- Gen. 22:1-2, 9a, 10-13, 15-18; 2nd- Rom. 8:31-34; Gospel- Mk. 9:2-10 Saint Paul’s question summarizes most of the human...
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Vincent Arisukwu
- Feb 20, 2021
- 5 min
FIRST SUNDAY OF LENT, 2021: PROCLAIMING GOD'S KINGDOM DURING LENT
Readings: 1st- Gen. 9:8-15; 2nd- 1 Pet. 3:18-22; Gospel- Mk. 1:12-15 The images in today’s readings remind us of God’s commitment to...
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Vincent Arisukwu
- Feb 6, 2021
- 5 min
FIFTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME, 2021: “EVERYONE IS LOOKING FOR YOU”
We see the clear example of God’s great mercy in the gospel of Mark today. Jesus begins with preaching at the synagogue where he cures...
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Vincent Arisukwu
- Jan 30, 2021
- 6 min
FOURTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME, 2021: TRUTH IS THE NEW TEACHING WITH AUTHORITY
“Mommy, who broke the baby?” The teaching of Jesus is described as a “new teaching with authority” for several reasons. It is...
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Vincent Arisukwu
- Jan 23, 2021
- 5 min
THIRD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME: THE URGENCY OF THE KINGDOM AND THE CALL TO REPENTANCE
We see the call for urgency in today’s readings. Nineveh, a great city, notorious for its sinful attitude, provokes God’s anger. The...
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Vincent Arisukwu
- Jan 10, 2021
- 6 min
THE BAPTISM OF THE LORD: BAPTIZED INTO GOD’S LOVE
The greatest days of our lives are three: our conception (the act of being brought forth by God’s love from nothingness into existence),...
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Vincent Arisukwu
- Jan 2, 2021
- 5 min
EPIPHANY OF THE LORD: SEARCHING LIKE THE MAGI
The solemnity of the Epiphany explains the revelation of Christ to the Gentiles and to the world. Strange elements in the gospel help to...
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Vincent Arisukwu
- Jan 2, 2021
- 5 min
SOLEMNITY OF MARY, THE HOLY MOTHER OF GOD: SILENCE CONTEMPLATES THE FACE OF GOD.
On this first day of the year, we are invited to meditate on the gentle, humble, contemplative spirit of Mary as the mother of God. She...
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Vincent Arisukwu
- Dec 27, 2020
- 5 min
THE HOLY FAMILY OF JESUS, MARY, AND JOSEPH: DON'T GIVE UP ON YOUR FAMILY
Readings: 1st- Sir. 3:2-6, 12-14; 2nd- Col. 3:12-21; Gospel- Matt. 2:13-15, 19-23 One message that has resonated in 2020 is the need to...
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Vincent Arisukwu
- Dec 24, 2020
- 4 min
THE NATIVITY OF THE LORD (CHRISTMAS): TEAM SPIRIT, THE EXAMPLE OF THE SHEPHERDS
One familiar feature of the Christmas story is the shepherds who receive firsthand information about the birth of Christ. The angel...
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Vincent Arisukwu
- Dec 20, 2020
- 7 min
4TH SUNDAY OF ADVENT: NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR GOD
The archangel Gabriel is on the move in the beginning of the gospel of Luke. This messenger of God takes the news of the miraculous plan...
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Patti Rubin
- Dec 14, 2020
- 6 min
It helps to listen, God speaks in the silence
In Africa, there are no economic safety nets, no stimulus checks or unemployment benefits, no soup kitchens or rental assistance programs.
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Meredith Rubeling
- Dec 14, 2020
- 6 min
How the light of my vocation shone in the darkness of COVID
On the morning of December 28, 2019, I was filled with tremendous anxiety and apprehension. The following day was my little sister’s...
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Fr. Vincent Arisukwu
- Dec 14, 2020
- 7 min
COVID 19, the Musings of a Parish Priest
Celebrating Mass in an empty church ... was the strangest thing that has happened to me as a priest.
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Fr. Michael DeAscanis
- Dec 13, 2020
- 5 min
Christmas is about Grace
Jesus came to be consumed by us, to enter into us.
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Family Apostolate
- Dec 13, 2020
- 9 min
The Military are people like us. They need Jesus too.
When I was deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan, especially around the
holidays, there were very few priests around.
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Fr. Vincent Arisukwu
- Dec 13, 2020
- 5 min
IN HOPE MARRIAGE IS SAVED
Almost every book I have read on hope makes reference to the Pauline statement, “In hope we are saved.” (Rom 8:24) How does this apply to...
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Fr. Michael DeAscanis
- Dec 13, 2020
- 5 min
SPIRITUAL COMMUNION DURING CORONA
A lot of Catholics want to know the meaning, significance, and efficacy of Spiritual Communion. Can it still be practiced after the...
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Fr. Austin Murphy
- Dec 13, 2020
- 5 min
Faith is about presence
On the evening of Saturday, March 14, I posted a note on the doors of our church, informing people, “Masses are canceled until further...
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