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The language of pruning is also a metaphor for the passion.  We see a similar image in John 12:24,  where Jesus speaks of the seed that must fall to the ground and die in order to bear much fruit.

I have Mass on Sunday, April 28th at St. Isidore @ 9:30/11:30 am.

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“I lay down my life for the sheep.” Jesus goes before us, first to die, then to rise. Dying and rising is the pattern for all of us who walk in his way.

I have Mass on Sunday, April 21 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 idea of the separation of body and soul comes from Greek thought, which influenced early Christianity. Salvation was said to be removal from the world, escape from the body, the overcoming of everything carnal and material. 

I am away on a pilgrimage this weekend. We will be celebrating Mass at the Cathedral in Burgos, Spain on Sunday; Loyola, Spain, in the conversion chapel of St. Ignatius, on Monday.

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He showed them his hands and his side. . .
Then the disciples rejoiced when they saw the Lord.

It was his wounds; that’s how they recognized him.

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

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When Mary of Magdala came to the tomb on the first day of the week, while it was still dark; and saw that the stone had been taken away from the tomb, she did not realize that she had walked right into the new creation.

I have Mass on Easter Sunday Morning, March 31, at St. Isidore @ 7:30/9:30 am.

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I will be at St. Isidore this Sunday for all three Sunday morning Masses: 7:30/9:30/11:30 am;  I will preside at the 7:30/9:30 am Masses, but I will be part of the  passion presentation with several readers at all three Masses.
The 7:30 am Mass will be live-streamed. https://stisidore.church/worship-online/

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A Narration of  the Passion of our Lord, Jesus Christ, according to Mark. (New American Bible, revised edition)

I will be at St. Isidore this Sunday for all three Sunday morning Masses: 7:30/9:30/11:30 am;  I am presiding at the 7:30/9:30 am Masses, but I will be part of the  passion presentation with several readers at all three Masses.
The 7:30 am Mass will be live-streamed. https://stisidore.church/worship-online/

I will not be giving a homily at Mass, but I have posted a separate homily for Palm/Passion Sunday.

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In bringing us back to the heart, God is calling us to the place that knows no separation. The heart knows what the mind can never understand: Everything is connected.

I have Mass at St. Isidore on Sunday, March 17 @ 7:30/9:30 am.
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When the Israelites looked at the serpent on a pole, they were healed. Right then.  So when Jesus says, “Whoever believes in him may have eternal life,” he is not talking about something that happens after we die. In John’s Gospel, eternal life begins right now for those who believe.

I have Mass on Sunday, March 10 at St. Isidore @ 9:30/11:30 am

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Listen to what John tells us chapter 1, verse 14. “And the Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us, and we saw his glory, the glory as of the Father’s only Son.” John uses the Greek word "tabernacle" for dwelling. God truly came to dwell in our midst, even as God dwelt in the midst of Israel in the Tabernacle and later in their Temple.

I have Mass on Sunday, March 3
@ St. Isidore, 9:30 am. (there will be a guest preacher)
@ St. Andrew Rochester, 5:00 pm.

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