23 December 2024

Revealing What is Hidden

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Fourth Sunday of Advent     In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.  Amen.  Recently the fifth season of the west...

"It is the Small Things"

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Fourth Sunday of Advent     Galadriel asks, “Mithrandir, why the halfling?”  “I do not know,” Gandalf replies.  “Saruman believes that it is...
16 December 2024

Rejoicing and Patience

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Third Sunday of Advent     In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.  Amen.  Patience is not a virtue at which I ge...
09 December 2024

Judith and Mary

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Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary     In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.  Amen.  “‘Blessed ar...

Muppets and Making Ready

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Second Sunday of Advent     Growing up I was (and still am) a fan of the Muppets, the cloth puppets that Jim Henson created.  And so, during...
02 December 2024

Darkness and Light

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First Sunday of Advent     [In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.  Amen.]  I don’t know about you, but during t...
25 November 2024

Looking Back

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Last Sunday after Pentecost     In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.  Amen.  When I turned forty, I wouldn’t s...
18 November 2024

Chosen

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Resumed 6th Sunday after Epiphany     In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.  Amen.  In the epistle today, St. P...

Waiting...

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Thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time     Modern society does not make waiting easier, though, for many, myself included, it already seems di...
11 November 2024

Sunday after Pentecost or Epiphany?

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Resumed 5th Sunday after Epiphany     In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.  Amen.  These Sundays after Christ ...