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It’s a bit of a stretch to imagine a mustard plant with branches large enough for the birds of the sky to dwell in its shade, but the world Jesus invites us to imagine is a world filled with abundance.

I have Mass on Sunday, June 16 at 7:30, 9:30 and 1130 am.

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Image: The Mustard Seed by James Paterson
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Inside the house, Mark tells us there are so many people, they are not able to eat. The Greek text says they are not able to eat bread. If the house is divided, it makes sense that we can’t share the Eucharist. Jesus offers a way of 'being a house' which is not divided.

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

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Jesus does not celebrate the meal with his family, nor does he just gather any of the disciples who happened to be around him. Mark makes clear that Jesus celebrated the Passover with the twelve disciples. The choice of the twelve is not accidental: the twelve apostles are the new Israel.

I have Mass on Sunday, June 2 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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A song is both lyrics and melody. If you try to teach love just using words you’ll miss a big part of it, because love is something that must be embodied, like a melody. 

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

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“To attempt one language instead of another is to make oneself a learner, a supplicant.  It is an act of exploration and of hospitality.  To speak across barriers of race, ethnicity, gender, religion, culture, or politics is to challenge stereotypes and risk ridicule.  It is a brave and disorienting act.” (Debie Thomas, JourneywithJesus.net)

I have Mass on Saturday, May 18,
 at Holy Name Birmingham @ 4:00 pm
I have Mass on Sunday, May 19, at St. Isidore @ 7:30 am livestream
https://stisidore.church/worship-online/
and 9:30 am
Sunday Evening, 5 pm @ St. Andrew, Rochester.

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Art: William Grosvenor Congdon (American, 1912–1998), “Pentecost 2,” ca. 1962. 

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In our Reading from the Acts of the Apostles, the 11 disciples have no idea this is graduation day. They are still looking to Jesus to restore the kingdom to Israel.

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

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The word translated “friend” is from the verb “to love.” So when Jesus speaks of friends, he is really saying “those who are loved.”

I have Mass on Sunday, May 5th at St. Isidore @ 7:30/9:30 am

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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
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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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