To be baptized is to be immersed and changed. The original idea is similar to the pickling process. Something (or someone) is immersed in fluid (water) and it changes as a result. For us, baptism is primarily an immersion into life and the Church, and as a result we are changed, we become something else, something more. […]
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“Wise men from the East came to Jerusalem, asking, ‘Where is the child who has been born king of the Jews? For we observed his star at its rising, and have come to pay him homage.’” Do you need a restart? I think we all reach points in our life where we need a clean slate, a
The Feast of the Holy Family, and consequently the scriptures we will proclaim at Mass this weekend, can give us advice and help us reflect on our family’s dynamic. They can do the same for our parish family, always called to be a HOLIER family. Sirach encourages us to honor our father (similar wording in the Commandments)
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What do you tend to do when something does not seem to make sense? Like most of us, you probably dismiss it. We similarly turn away from possibilities that don’t fit with what our ideas, beliefs, and experiences happen to be. In today’s Gospel from Matthew, Joseph was going to dismiss Mary. Mary’s explanation for her pregnancy did
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Joy can be so inspiring! It can lift our hearts and souls up and so it is part of the reason for our Advent theme. The theme comes from the scriptures of the Advent journey, particularly those from the prophet Isaiah. This week we hear that a movement comes from the desert, actually long before
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