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Trust Me: The Feast of St. Joseph

Trust Me: The Feast of St. Joseph
Written by Sr. Rosemary , O.P. - Feast of St. Joseph: March 19, 2019 http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/031919.cfm For you Dads out there, do any of these lines sound familiar? “Ask your mother.” ”Do I look like I’m made of money?” ”Don’t make me stop this car!”  Today in our gospel we heard about a very prominent father,…
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Our Father

Our Father
Prayer, Fasting and Almsgiving top our Lenten list of disciplines.  Today we focus on prayer because in our Gospel, Jesus gives us the one and only prayer he ever gave us, the Our Father, and charges us to pray it. The following reflection gives us further insight into the words and thoughts of this special…
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Sacrificial Love

Sacrificial Love
Written by Sr. Rosemary O.P. http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/030519.cfm Today's Gospel follows yesterday's story of the young man who had a hard time giving up his possessions to follow Jesus. Peter witnessed this scene and heard Jesus say how hard it was for someone so attached to material possessions to enter the kingdom of heaven.  Peter's mind began…
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Wise Advice

Wise Advice
Written by Sr. Rosemary O.P. http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/022619.cfm If you were a Jew or a gentile, lived in the days of the early church, and decided you wanted to be a follower, you would become part of the original RCIA process. You would be instructed using the book of Sirach, which we’re reading this week, and which…
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