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THE ROCK       Peter was Jesus’ choice to lead the fragile band of apostles. In today’s Gospel, Simon is given a new name—Peter, the “rock.” In John’s Gospel, Peter is called to be a shepherd. He is expected to lay down his life for his sheep. And tradition tells us that he did just that.…
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CALLED TO ACT IN GOD’S NAME       “Let all the nations praise you!” (Psalm 67:4) today’s psalm response exclaims. In the psalms and other Hebrew scriptures, this kind of invocation is actually an invitation to God to act, to intervene in human lives in a manner that will cause everyone—not just the Chosen People—to give…
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Feast of the Assumption: Friday August 15th, 2014 “Holy Day of Obligation” Anticipated Mass: Thursday, August 14th 5:30 pm Masses on August 15th, 2014: 6:30 am 8:20 am (RCE School Mass) 12:05 pm Please Note: There is no noon mass on Thursday, August 14th. — GLADE PARK, CO (Catholic Online) – On November 1, 1950,…
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GIVING OF ONESELF Scientists have recently begun to discuss the idea that the primary force behind all life in the universe is self-gift. This is how everything from galaxies to human babies are born and sustained. If we read the opening of today’s passage from Isaiah correctly, we see that he anticipated twentieth-century scientists by…
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SETTING ASIDE THE WEAPONS OF WAR Why, we might ask the prophet Zechariah today, would God want to banish chariots and horses? The answer follows: because they are used to violate God’s reign of peace, along with the warrior’s bow. In the days of Zechariah, chariots and horses were high-priced items used only for war-making.…
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