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Rome Pilgrimage – Sunday Angelus and Catacombs

Our day started at Saint Peter’s Square with the Sunday Angelus of Pope Francis.  The square was filled with tens of thousands of people.  Pope Francis spoke of the need to “pray always, without growing weary.”  The readers of my … Continue reading

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Take the Lead from Jesus

Who does Jesus honor? Christ Jesus honors His Father and Mary, His Mother. We should honor those who Jesus honors. Christ went to the Cross in obedience to His Father.  To dishonor His Father is to dishonor Christ Jesus.  Christ … Continue reading

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Mary the Sister of Lazarus

We learn of Lazarus’ sisters Martha and Mary in the Gospels of Luke and John. In Luke we learn that it is Martha who receives Jesus into their house and who serves Him.   Mary is given little prominence, and described … Continue reading

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Elisha’s Feeding of a Hundred Men as a Prototype of the Eucharist

In 2 Kings 4 a man from Ba’al-shal’ishah brings to Elisha twenty loaves of barely made of the first fruits of the earth.  Elisha instructs the man to place the twenty loaves before a hundred men to eat.  The man … Continue reading

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The Lord’s Prayer Chiastic Structure

The chiastic structure of the Lord’s Prayer:         (A) Our Father                   (B) Who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name                 … Continue reading

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Contemplating The Lord’s Prayer (Part III)

forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors This petition has two parts.   The first part, forgive us our debts, is contingent on the second part, as we also forgiven our debtors.  We admit, in the first … Continue reading

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Contemplating The Lord’s Prayer (Part I)

“Our Father” I would like to spend the next few weeks contemplating the Lord’s Prayer.  I learned this prayer as child and have prayed it thousands, if not, tens or hundreds of thousands of times.  Over the last few months, … Continue reading

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