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“How do you expect me to be a saint?” Merton asks. “By wanting to,” Lax answers. “All that is necessary to be a saint is to want to be one. All you have to do is desire it. We are meant to be holy, all of us. We’re all called to be saints.” (From "The Seven Story Mountain" by Thomas Merton)

I have Mass on November 1st at St. Kieran Catholic Church @ 7:00 pm

Image: "The Communion of Saints," Tapestry by John Nava, Los Angelos Cathedral.

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The blind man knows it is "Messiah time," the time when the blind see and the poor have their debts canceled and beggars become citizens again.

I have Mass on Sunday, October 27 at St. Isidore @ 7:30/9:30 am

I have Mass on Friday, November 1, All Saints Day, at St. Kieran @ 7:00 pm
I will post that homily later this week.

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This past Tuesday, October 15, was the feast of the Spanish Mystic, Teresa of Avila. I read this wonderful quote this week from Teresa, “It is foolish to think that we will enter heaven without entering into ourselves.”

I have Mass on Sunday, October 20 
at St. Isidore @ 9:30/11:30 am
at St. Andrew @ 5:00 pm

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Luke paints the picture most vividly. “At that moment, the cock crowed; the Lord turned around and looked straight at Peter.” It’s the same verse we read today in Mark’s Gospel, "Jesus turned around and looked at his disciples."

I have Mass on Sunday, October 13 at St. Isidore @ 7:30/9:30 am
the 7:30 am Mass will be live-streamed. https://stisidore.church/worship-online/

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The Hebrew word for man, ISH, and the word for woman, ISHA, share the same root word, ESH, which is "fire." The words differ by just two letters - a Yod and a Hey, which together form the first part of the Divine Name, YAH. Click for a fuller description of the Hebrew words for Man, Woman and Fire
Here is ISH, ISHA, ESH in picture form

I have Mass on Sunday, October 6 at St. Isidore @ 9:30/11:30 am

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“All religions are paths to God. I will use an analogy, they are like different languages that express the divine. (Pope Francis to young people in Singapore)

I have Mass on Sunday, September 29

at St. Isidore @ 7:30/9:30 am
at St. Andrew @ 5:00 pm

the 7;30 am Mass will be live-streamed https://stisidore.church/worship-online/

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God does something beyond anything we could ever have imagined. God takes the place of the one who is cast out.

I have Mass on Sunday, September 22 at St. Isidore @ 9:30/11:30 am

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The cross seems to lead only to death, not life. But when we come to the cross, or rather, when the cross finds us, we discover the way into the deeper life we yearn for, but did not know we wanted.

I have Mass on Saturday, September 14, at St. Kieran @ 4:30 pm
I have Mass on Sunday, September 15, at St. Isidore @ 7:30/9:30 am
The 7:30 am Mass is live-streamed, or watch replay later. https://stisidore.church/worship-online/

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Rather than giving us a geography of the Holy Land, Mark is giving us a geography of the Gospel: Jesus is willing to go everywhere, – Even crossing boundaries into Gentile territory – to find people in need of healing and bring them home.

I am off this weekend.

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In September, 2019, The Vatican hosted an inter-religious forum to reappraise the role of Jesus and the Pharisees.

I have Mass on Sunday, September 1st at St. Isidore @ 7:30/9:30 am. The 7:30 am Mass is live-streamed. https://stisidore.church/worship-online/

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