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As we celebrate all saints, let’s remember that we are all connected.

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Our Lord tells a parable of the Pharisee and Tax collector. They both go to the temple area to prayer, and both get what they want, but only one receives what he needs.

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Our parish hosted 24 hours of prayer and Adoration beginning and ending with Mass, as part of the Diocese of New Ulm Rosary Congress. This is my homily for the closing Mass.

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Naaman and the Samaritan Leper experience healing by doing something ordinary with extraordinary results. How is the Lord calling us to do the ordinary things?

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Jesus teaches that if we have faith as much as a mustard seed, we could move trees with a command. Do we have seeds of faith, expressed in power, love, and self-control?

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The rich man and Lazarus both receive the consequences of their choices.

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Jesus tells a parable of a dishonest steward, whom He seems to praise. But the praise is not for the corruption, but for the fact that the steward had a different view of the 'mammon' of which he was given charge.

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Our Lord tells three parables of rejoicing in finding the lost. The most famous is of the prodigal - but who is the prodigal and what does this mean for us?

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The Lord asks us to calculate the cost of following Him, but when He asks us to hate others - what is He telling us?

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Jesus invites all to humility, but what is humility and how can we grow in it?

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