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  Jesus heals the person covered in leprosy

Jan 10, 2025
The simplicity of the way that Jesus cured a man covered in leprosy is surprising.
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  Jesus will bring us safely home

Jan 08, 2025
The apostles had just been with Jesus as he was teaching the great crowd and then fed them all beginning with the few loaves and fish that one boy offered.
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  "Come to me all you are weary ..."

Dec 11, 2024
''Come to me all you are weary and are carrying heavy burdens, and I will give you rest,'' are words spoken by Jesus in Matthew's gospel (11:28-3) which is the first reading today.
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  “there is more joy over the one found …”

Dec 10, 2024
According to the first reading for today from Isaiah 40:1-11, God asks the prophet to console God’s people. To console means to comfort someone in time of grief or disappointment.
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  The feast of the Immaculate Conception of Mary

Dec 09, 2024
Today we celebrate the solemn feast of the Immaculate Conception of Mary. The actual date of the feast is the 8th but as it fell on Sunday this year, it was transferred to today.
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  ''When you see it bud, you know that summer is now near.''

Nov 29, 2024
In today's gospel, Jesus uses the example of a fig tree. ''When you see it bud, you know that summer is now near.'' (Luke 21:29-33).
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  ''According to the scriptures, my house will be a house of prayer but you have turned it into a robbers' den.''

Nov 22, 2024
Yesterday was the feast of the Presentation of Mary based on an ancient text that says that Joachim and Anna consecrated Mary to God in the temple in Jerusalem.
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