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by bcadmin | Nov 2, 2022 | All Soul's Day, All Souls, Featured, Final judgment, From the Pope, Gospel of Matthew, News | 0 |
As Christians await their death and the final judgment of God, the Gospel tells them what they must do to be welcomed into heaven: love others because God is love, Pope Francis said.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Feb 12, 2022 | Gospel of Luke, Gospel of Matthew, Jesus Christ, Moses, N.T. Wright, News, The Dispatch, The Sermon on the Mount | 0 |
Readings: • Jer 17:5-8 • Psa 1:1-2, 3, 4 and 6 • 1 Cor 15:12, 16-20 • Lk 6:17, 20-26 “Context,” I have read, “is king.” While such a saying should itself be read and […]
Read Moreby bcadmin | Dec 17, 2021 | Advent, Between the Sundays, Christmas, covenant, Featured, genealogies, genealogy, Gospel of Matthew, Jesus Christ, Living the Faith, News, Old Testament, promise, waiting | 0 |
“In this beginning of Matthew’s story, they hear much more than a list of names.” Today begins the octave before Christmas. While octaves following important feast days (Easter, Christmas, Pentecost) are an important part of our liturgic…
Read Moreby bcadmin | Nov 18, 2021 | Daily Verse, detachment, Gospel of Matthew, News | 0 |
Image: Photography © by Andy Coan ENCOUNTERING THE WORD — YOUR DAILY BIBLE VERSES Then Jesus told his disciples, “If any man would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. For whoever would save his life will lose it, an…
Read Moreby bcadmin | Sep 17, 2021 | Eucharist, Fr. Simeon Leiva-Merikakis, Gospel of Matthew, Ignatius Press, Jesus Christ, Judaism, Liturgy, News, Sacred Scripture, The Dispatch | 0 |
The fourth and final volume of the remarkable commentary series Fire of Mercy, Heart of the Word: Meditations on the Gospel according to Saint Matthew, written by Fr. Simeon Leiva-Merikakis, OCSO, was published recently by […]
Read Moreby bcadmin | Feb 10, 2021 | Andrew, COVID-19 pandemic, Father Talbot, Featured, Fishers of men., Gospel of Matthew, House of Mercy, Jesus, Local News, News, Peter, Simon | 0 |
In the Gospel of Matthew, Jesus tells two of his newly chosen disciples, Simon (Peter) and Andrew, that they will become “fishers of men.”
Read Moreby bcadmin | Dec 10, 2020 | Frankincense, Gospel of Matthew, Magi, Myrrh, News, U.S. & World News | 0 |
The Gospel of Matthew never details how many Magi came from “the East,” but it makes it clear they traveled to pay homage to “the newborn king of the Jews” and “offered him gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh.”
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jul 25, 2020 | Gospel of Matthew, hidden treasure, Jesus Christ, News, parables, pearl of great price, Saint Irenaeus, The Dispatch, the dragnet | 0 |
Readings: • 1 Kngs 3:5, 7-12 • Psa 119:57, 72, 76-77, 127-128, 129-130 • Rom 8:28-30 • Mt 13:44-52 How good are you and I at recognizing something that is valuable, even priceless? That question […]
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