4/5/09 Palm Sunday of the Lord’s passion Gospel: Mark 11:1-10 “Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.” It takes a special kind of courage to be an astronaut. Cutting ties with the world, they step into the elevator and take that long, final ride up the gantry. At the top, they…
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3/29/09 Fifth Sunday of Lent Gospel: John 12:20-33 “If a grain of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it produces much fruit.” David Bordon and Tom, Winters have written a book called 101 Things You Should Do Before Going to Heaven. One of those things is to spend a day alone with God. Like…
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3/22/09 Fourth Sunday of Lent Gospel: John 3:14-21 “God sent his Son so that the world might be saved through him.” It’s so famous we need only to give the citation: John 3:16. “God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son…” In today’s Gospel we hear the scriptural passage that is…
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3/15/09 Third Sunday of Lent Gospel: John 2:13-25 “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.” Spring housecleaning is a great therapy. We all need to reboot our computers, refresh ourselves and turn over a new leaf. In the ebb and flow of culture and custom, things silently get out of…
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