Spiritual Reflection
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Waiting for the angel to come
Mar 17, 2023
The night before he died, Jesus struggled mightily to accept his Father’s will. The Gospels describe him in the Garden of Gethsemane, prostrate on the ground, “sweating blood”, and begging his Father to save him from the brutal death that awaited him. Then, after he finally surrenders his will to hi
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A requiem for an older brother
Mar 10, 2023
In the Gospel of John, the author describes how, after Jesus was already dead, soldiers came and pierced his side with a lance and “immediately blood and water flowed” out of his dead body.
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Jesus’ dysfunctional ancestry
Dec 16, 2022
The full story of how Jesus Christ came to be born includes elements that we do not easily imagine when we sing our Christmas hymns.
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Celebrating 50 years of ordination
Oct 28, 2022
Fifty years ago, on an overcast, cold, fall day in the gymnasium of the local public high school, I was ordained to the priesthood.
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Seeing what lies near our doorsteps
Aug 26, 2022
The unbridgeable gap is the gap that already exists now between the rich and poor, and the lesson is that we had best try to bridge that gap now, in this life.
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The temptations of the good person
Jul 22, 2022
Well, motivation is rarely simply straightforward. We are a complex, often tortured creatures of motivation.
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Sunday Reflection
The miracle begins when the wine runs out
Reflecting on our Sunday Readings with Fr Rawi Alexander, OFM, Cap
