Introduction When Emperor Tiberius governs Rome, John the Baptist appears along the Jordan River. What he…
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33rd Sunday of the Year – FIRST IMPRESSIONS
Dear Preachers: I never liked scary movies as a kid. As time has passed nothing has…
33rd Sunday of the Year
There is a song whose lyrics I think are very much applicable in today’s gospel…
33rd Sunday of the Year
ON THIS, the second last Sunday of the Church year, we usually reflect on the end…
33rd Sunday of the Year – Courage, lift up your head!
Introduction In times of political upheavals, wars, famine, and pestilence follow suit. The situation of misery…
All Saints & All Souls Day – Faithful Departed – A IN GOD’S HANDS
Introduction We leave the maternal womb and enter into this world; after childhood, we enter adolescence;…
All Saints & All Souls Day
This month we are celebrating one of the most fundamental and most consoling truths of Catholicism,…
All Saints & All Souls Day – The Gnosis of Remembering
All Souls’s Day is traditionally a time to remember the blessed dead. In Latin cultures they…
All Saints & All Souls Day – FIRST IMPRESSIONS
Ever since I was a child, when people referred to the dead, I have heard them…
All Saints & All Souls Day – Saved, But As Through Fire
Native American tribes are known for their elaborate and colourful quilts. Often the memories of the…