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(The Homily begins at minute 6:40) Jesus is experiencing something like a Gethsemane, for he knows that calling Lazarus out of the tomb means that he must enter it. In fact, the belief in Jesus, generated by his raising Lazarus, prompts the religious leaders to plot Jesus’ death. 

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(The Homily begins at the 6:00 minute mark) Where we see sin, Jesus sees something else: Creation is not finished. Reaching down into the dust of the earth from which Adam was created, Jesus continues the Father’s work.

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The woman’s story moves in a new direction when she meets Jesus at the well. There is an essential interplay here. It’s not just our thirst, but God’s thirst for us.

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There is a beautiful moment in today’s Gospel, that only Matthew tells. When the cloud descended, the disciples were overwhelmed. They fell flat on their faces. Quietly and tenderly, Jesus went to them and touched them. “Get up. Do not be afraid.”

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

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"The problem with us human beings is never that we do not get what we want. The problem of sin is that we do literally get what we go after, and it looks completely different. Almost as soon as we open our eyes, we notice what we ourselves are without God: mere dust, shamefully naked, helpless, exposed." (Eugen Drewermann)

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

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God’s desire for us is not death, but life: “No eye has seen, nor ear heard, nor the human heart conceived, what God has prepared for those who love”

I have Mass on Sunday, February 15 at St. Isidore @ 7:30/9:30 am.

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"And if we are faithful in this way, as an organized Church and as its individual members, we will succeed in announcing Christ to the world until all is seen in full light.” (Lumen Gentium, Dogmatic Constitution on the Church, from Vatican II in Plain English by Bill Huebsch)

I am away this weekend, traveling to Rome and Madrid. I attended Pope Leo's audience on Wednesday in the Vatican.

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We are the disciples on the mountain, listening to every word that comes from the mouth of the Lord. The very first word that comes out of Jesus’ mouth is “blessed.” Words create realities. The pronouncement of blessing actually conveys the blessing. 

I have Mass on Sunday, February 1, at St. Isidore @ 7:30/9:30 am

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All four of these disciples leave their fishing nets, but they do not stop fishing. They are now, in the nearness of the kingdom of heaven, fishers for people. Their past has not been wiped out; it has been transformed by Jesus' call to follow. 

I have Mass on Sunday, January 25 at St. Isidore @ 9:30/11:30 am

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"Behold, the Lamb of God."

I have Mass on Sunday, January 18 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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