8-16-09 TWENTIETH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME GOSPEL: JOHN 6:51-58 “My flesh is true food and my blood is true drink.” Today’s Gospel speaks of “eating flesh and drinking blood” – uncomfortable images of human and animal sacrifice. We are far removed from an altar heaped with offerings to appease an angry god. Yet, the…
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Come and join us at two o’clock every Monday in church as special prayers for our good and holy priests, seminarians, and deacons are offered to the Lord. These prayers have been recited by St. Joseph parishioners for the past fifteen years. Priests need to know that we are praying for them, that they are…
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8/09/09 NINETEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME GOSPEL: JOHN 6:41-51 “I am the living bread that came down from heaven.” In today’s Gospel Jesus makes an astounding promise. He says, “Anyone who believes has eternal life.” With such a prize it would seem that everyone should be busy about making sure they believe. Yet many…
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