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Called to Repentance

Readings for the Twenty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time The religious elites of Jesus’ day complained because He ate with sinners.  He is still doing that in the Mass.  Why? Gospel (Read Lk 15:1-32) St. Luke tells us “tax collectors and sinners were all drawing near to listen to Jesus.”  In Jewish society, these people were outcasts.  The tax collectors […]

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Suffering, Providence and COVID-19

Suffering, Providence and COVID-19Most people lament the world-wide suffering caused by COVID-19: the loss of lives and livelihoods, the curtailing of freedom and the periodic shortages of necessities like toilet paper. They mourn the loss of access to their loved ones now forcibly held in nursing homes and assisted living apartments across America and the world and they […]

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