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I am because of I AM

Fourth Sunday of Easter April 21, 2024Acts 4:8-12; Ps 118; 1 Jn 3:1-2; Jn 10:11-18He was a shepherd tending his flockHe saw a wondrous sightIt was a bush that was on fireBut there was something strange about itThe bush was … Continue reading

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Breaking Bread

3rd Sunday of Easter April 14, 2024Acts 3:13-15; 17-19; Ps 4; 1 Jn 2:1-5a; Lk 24: 35-48“The two disciples recounted what had taken place on the way, and how Jesus was made known to them in the breaking of the … Continue reading

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My Lord and my God

2nd Sunday of Easter or Sunday of Divine Mercy April 7, 2024Acts 4:32-35; Ps 118; 1 Jn 5:1-6; Jn 20:19-31They were avoiding Judea The leaders of the Jews did not like his teachingAnd they were trying to arrest and kill … Continue reading

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Easter Vigil 2024

I like the TV shows where they flip housesYou know, the ones I am talking aboutThere is a group of people who go into a messed-up houseThey tear down lots of thingsAnd then they repair it.Building the house back up … Continue reading

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Witness

Easter Sunday March 31, 2024Act 10:34a, 37-43; Ps 118; Col 3:1-4; Jn 20:1-9The door burst open and in rushed MaryShe was out of breath and could hardly speakMary took a deep breath and then hurriedly told them her news“They have … Continue reading

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Checking Wheat

5th Sunday of Lent March 17, 2024Jer 31:31-34; Ps 51; Heb 5: 7-9; Jn 12:20-33Her dad turned the pickup down the dirt roadDad looked straight aheadHis arm was resting on the window with his elbow hanging outThey stopped at the … Continue reading

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These Forty Days

These forty daysThe neverending feeling of a desertNow, I don’t know about you, but it is sometimes hard for me to get behind the image of a desert during LentI come from a small town in the Panhandle of TexasIt … Continue reading

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He went to church with his parents

4th Sunday in Ordinary Time January 28, 2024Dt 18:15-20; Ps 95; 1 Cor 7:32-25; Mk 1:21-28He went to church with his parentsAnd he paid attention to the readings (The Life of Atony)His parents both died when he was a young … Continue reading

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333

3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time January 21, 2024Jonah 3:1-5,10; Ps 25; 1 Cor 7:24-31; Mk 1:14-20“Davin, do you know if there is any meaning to the number three, three, three?”My brother in-law had called and asked me this questionAt the … Continue reading

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The Sacred Meal

The Holy Family of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph December 31, 2023Grandmother’s Table (Adapted from the Brothers Grimm)Once there was a feeble old woman whose husband died and left her all alone, so she went to live with her son and … Continue reading

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