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October 8, 2023

Twenty-seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time

Carmen

Ramos

Time and time again, God will use the excluded of the world, those not seen or treated as if they don't matter, to create something new, to change the course of history

Carmen

Ramos

Time and time again, God will use the excluded of the world, those not seen or treated as if they don't matter, to create something new, to change the course of history
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October 1, 2023

Twenty-sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Claire

Jenkins

God does not seem to differentiate. They are all God’s children despite faith or nationality.

Claire

Jenkins

God does not seem to differentiate. They are all God’s children despite faith or nationality.
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September 24, 2023

Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Darlene

Jasso

God’s ways are far better than our ways, so let’s work towards living more “like him”, or we could also say “like her”, who is not only a caring father, but also a loving and giving mother.

Darlene

Jasso

God’s ways are far better than our ways, so let’s work towards living more “like him”, or we could also say “like her”, who is not only a caring father, but also a loving and giving mother.
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September 17, 2023

Twenty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Caitlin

Morneau

There is a certain cultural narrative that says forgiveness is the end of a process, but in Jesus’ Gospel, it signals the beginning of one.

Caitlin

Morneau

There is a certain cultural narrative that says forgiveness is the end of a process, but in Jesus’ Gospel, it signals the beginning of one.
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September 10, 2023

Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time

Carolyn

Jacobs, MSW, Ph.D.

The challenges of our church and our world are invitations to continuous discernment of how to dialogue, to forgive, and to be obedient to the urgings of the Spirit

Carolyn

Jacobs, MSW, Ph.D.

The challenges of our church and our world are invitations to continuous discernment of how to dialogue, to forgive, and to be obedient to the urgings of the Spirit
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September 3, 2023

Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time

Phyllis

Zagano

[Phoebe and Gregory] were, at heart, both deacons, and their hearts contained the Good News, the message of the Gospels.

Phyllis

Zagano

[Phoebe and Gregory] were, at heart, both deacons, and their hearts contained the Good News, the message of the Gospels.
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August 27, 2023

Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time

Mary Margaret

Schroeder

Each and every one of us is called into relationship with the One Who knows every hair on our head.

Mary Margaret

Schroeder

Each and every one of us is called into relationship with the One Who knows every hair on our head.
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August 20, 2023

Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Margaret Susan

Thompson

[This gospel] calls us all to be dogged, persistent—and, like the Canaanite woman, “of great faith.”

Margaret Susan

Thompson

[This gospel] calls us all to be dogged, persistent—and, like the Canaanite woman, “of great faith.”
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August 15, 2023

Solemnity of the Assumption of Mary

Sr. Chioma

Sr. Chioma Ahanihu, SLW

May today’s feast remind us of our own Yes to God’s call as consecrated people of God in our different spheres of life.

Sr. Chioma

Sr. Chioma Ahanihu, SLW

May today’s feast remind us of our own Yes to God’s call as consecrated people of God in our different spheres of life.
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August 13, 2023

Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Sara

Fairbanks, OP

What supreme reality can claim your whole heart and free you to live for one another, to love at any cost?

Sara

Fairbanks, OP

What supreme reality can claim your whole heart and free you to live for one another, to love at any cost?
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August 6, 2023

Feast of the Transfiguration

Julie

Vieira, IHM

Today on this feast of the Transfiguration, we, the disciples and seekers of today, are likewise called not just to celebrate the revelation of Jesus as Messiah. But we are called to perform our own gut check and to draw courage, energy, and determination from our experience with God.

Julie

Vieira, IHM

Today on this feast of the Transfiguration, we, the disciples and seekers of today, are likewise called not just to celebrate the revelation of Jesus as Messiah. But we are called to perform our own gut check and to draw courage, energy, and determination from our experience with God.
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July 30, 2023

Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Anne

Hansen

Jesus tells us in the gospels that the kingdom of heaven is right here and right now. Where have you experienced a glimpse of heaven?

Anne

Hansen

Jesus tells us in the gospels that the kingdom of heaven is right here and right now. Where have you experienced a glimpse of heaven?
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July 23, 2023

Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Erin

McDonald, CSJ

We do not measure our success on the great things we have accomplished but on how much we loved, how we put that love into action and become sowers of justice, peace, and kindness.

Erin

McDonald, CSJ

We do not measure our success on the great things we have accomplished but on how much we loved, how we put that love into action and become sowers of justice, peace, and kindness.
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July 22, 2023

Feast of St. Mary Magdalene

Antoinette

Gutzler

We are called to find the cracks in our experience and in the realities of our world and church. We are called to make them visible so that grief and anxiety can be transformed into light and goodness – if we only listen.

Antoinette

Gutzler

We are called to find the cracks in our experience and in the realities of our world and church. We are called to make them visible so that grief and anxiety can be transformed into light and goodness – if we only listen.
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July 16, 2023

Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Joanna

Arellano-Gonzalez

Parables were meant to unsettle Jesus’ people and us today. So let’s reflect on our own birds, rocks and thorns that prevent us from rising up to this challenge - the pursuit of justice and equality in our communities.

Joanna

Arellano-Gonzalez

Parables were meant to unsettle Jesus’ people and us today. So let’s reflect on our own birds, rocks and thorns that prevent us from rising up to this challenge - the pursuit of justice and equality in our communities.
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