Listen and Repent: Blessed Rose-Marie Durocher (Bar 1:15-22; Ps 79; Lk 10:13-16) ************************************************** “Made a searching and fearless moral inventory” and “Admitted to God, ourselves and another human being, the exact nature of our wrongs” These two sentences are Step 4 and Step 5 of the 12 Step program of Alcoholics Anonymous, and together with […]

A Six-Pack for Discipleship (Nehemiah 8:1-12; Ps 19; Lk 10:1-12) **************************************************** Was there ever a moment when a passage of scripture brought tears to your eyes? That was the experience of the exiles who returned to Jerusalem and assembled around the priest Ezra to hear the words of the Law proclaimed. That reading from Nehemiah, […]

Lessons Learned on the Way: Memorial – St Francis of Assisi (Neh 2:1-8; Ps 137; Lk 9:57-62) ****************************************** Have you ever been on a pilgrimage, or walked the El Camino de Santiago trail in France and Spain? If so, you will find it easy to identify with today’s gospel. Whereas the other Synoptic gospels of […]

Learning to Love Ourselves (Haggai 1:1-8; Ps 149; Lk 9:7-9) ********************************* “The Lord takes delight in God’s people.” What a wonderful responsorial psalm antiphon! But do we really believe that God takes delight in us? There is an invitation here to live the third part of the Great Command that Jesus gave us – to […]

Here is an interview with Liam Connelly, board member and Justin Robert, CEO and founder of the St Dismas House Society that seeks to provide safe haven and programming for inmates coming out of detox or incarceration until they can enter treatment.   Please listen and share with others you think might be interested. I am […]

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