1st Sunday Advent, year A | Mt 24:37-44
God is always present in our lives, blessing us. However, we sometimes miss God's presence. In the Gospel, Jesus teaches us that his arrival in our lives is similar to the time of Noah. Advent is a time to train our "spiritual eyes" to recognize the presence of God in our lives.
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33 Sunday OT, Year C
Luke 21:5-19
It is strange to hear Jesus speak about the end of the world in the Gospel today (Luke 21:5-19). Although foreign to us, this "apocalyptic" way of speaking is meant to challenge as well as console us. The world as we know it is ending, but Jesus is bringing a better one into existence.
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| James Tissot (French, 1836-1902). Jerusalem Jerusalem |
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32 Sunday of Ordinary Time, year C
2 Mc 7:1-2, 9-14 | Lk 20:27-38
Just after Halloween, with days getting darker, we tend to focus on spookier things like our own mortality. In the Church, we pray for the faithful departed during November. This is a time to consider our death, but always through the lens of our hope in the resurrection.
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