• People can look at religion and be unattractive to all its laws. They think these rules prevent them from being free and living life to the fullest. A careful reading of today’s passage would prove the contrary. In the First Reading, Moses exhorts God’s chosen people to observe the Law carefully. They are not to…

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  • Let’s take stock of where we have been these past few weeks as we reflect on John 6. The Church opened a few weeks ago with John 6, as Jesus fed the thousands. Philip trusts Jesus in his practical response to not having enough food. The following week, I asked where we get our food:…

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  • A series on the Sunday experience: Mass Communication

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  • Thomas Tallis’ Verily, Verily I Say Unto You. Reflecting on the Mystical Text of the Bread of Life Discourse

    Today’s Gospel reminds me of Thomas Tallis’ great work: Verily, Verily I Say Unto You. Tallis served as musician of the royal court under four monarchs: King Henry VII, King Edward VI, Queen Mary I, and Queen Elizabeth I. This work is an example of the Anglican Reformation in England. King Edward VI (1547-1553) mandated…

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  • The Queen is taken up

    Today, we see the goal of our lives! God calls us to be like Mary. Since the early days of Christianity, believers celebrated the belief that Mary was taken up to heaven and reunited with her Son. We know it as the Dogma of the Assumption declared in 1950 by Pope Pius XII. The Orthodox…

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