Sunday Readings
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When I had the opportunity to lead one of my first retreats as a young teenager, there was a passage that spoke to my heart: “The message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God” (1 Cor 1:18). You have
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Everything is a matter of the heart. In Jesus’ world, the heart is where the soul lives, the source of emotion. In the Gospel, Jesus says Ephphatha to open the ear of the deaf man. Leading up to this, we hear the account with detail, “He put his finger into the man’s ears and, spitting, touched his
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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
Enlarge my heart 