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Rudolph Otto defined the sacred as “mysterium tremendum et fascinans” —a fearful and fascinating mystery. That mysterious Other who draws us almost irresistibly, at the same time fills us with awe and even dread.

I have Mass on Sunday, March 16

at St. Isidore, 7:30/9:30 am

at St. Andrew, 5:00 pm

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The devil tempts Jesus three times with the little word, "If." "If you are" is supposed to cause Jesus to doubt that he is the Son of God and feel the need to prove it.

I am off this weekend. Next Sunday I will have Mass @ St. Isidore at 7:30/9:30 am and St. Andrew @ 5 pm.

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It’s the beam in our own eye that makes the world look splintered. You know how it is with pointing fingers, one is pointed, but three are pointing back at you.

I have Mass on Sunday, March 2nd at St. Isidore @ 7:30/9:30 am

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The Greek word for grace is CHARIS. When Jesus builds his rhetorical crescendo, criticizing reciprocal love (even sinners do that!), the word translated as “credit” is CHARIS. The phrase is better translated, “If you love those who love you, what grace [CHARIS] is that to you?”  

I am away this weekend.

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Keeping my eyes fixed on Jesus, I find the center, a level ground on which to stand. Jesus is the still point in a turning world. Like a tree, planted by the water, I shall not be moved.

I have Mass on Sunday, February 16 at St. Isidore @ 7:30/9:30 am

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Simon Peter is all in. He is entirely present to himself; not just Simon, the big hearted, impulsive man, “If you say so, I will let down the nets.” But Peter as well, the one who will hand Jesus over out of fear: “I don’t know him!”

I have Mass on Sunday, February 9

at St. Isidore, 9:30/11:30 am

at St. Andrew, 5:00 pm

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The child masks the power of God in apparent weakness, yet it is in just such weakness that the true power of God’s saving love is revealed. 

I have Mass on Sunday, February 2, at St. Isidore @ 7:30/9:30 am

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I was reading about Handel’s famous “Largo” from the Opera, “Xerxes.” I found the music, sat down at the piano and played it. Reading music is a lot like reading the Word of God. Living the Word of God is like playing the notes. The music only comes alive when played, otherwise it is just black dots on lines on a page.  When the melody of God’s Word becomes the song in our lives, we become doers, and not mere hearers of the word. The Word becomes flesh in us.

I have Mass on Sunday, January 26 at St. Isidore @ 9:30/11:30 am

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The Fourth gospel reveals Jesus’ glory through a series of seven signs. It stands to reason that Jesus’s first public “sign” takes place at a wedding feast, for Jesus himself is the marriage of divinity and humanity. (Icon by Greta Leśko)

I have Mass on Sunday, January 19
at St. Isidore @ 7:30/9:30 am
at St. Andrew @ 5:00 pm

St. Isidore 7:30 am will be live-streamed. https://stisidore.church/worship-online/

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Like a shepherd gathering the lost, the glory of God is the sons and daughters of God coming home. (Reading Isaiah 40:1-5,9-11)

I have Mass on Sunday January 12 at St. Isidore @ 7:30/9:30/11:30 am

The 7:30 am Mass is live-streamed https://stisidore.church/worship-online/

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