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Holy Mother of God
I suppose many of you are familiar with the song “Mary, did you know?” To tell the truth, I have never really liked it because apart from anything else, Mary really did know, more...
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Holy Family
Preached December 29, 2019; St. Peter Catholic Church, The Dalles, Oregon Today, on the Feast of the Holy Family, the Gospel shows us that the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph had enemies. The...
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Christmas Mass 2019
Today we come to the manger where Jesus Christ is born. We come now to what is truly important. I assure you that when the shepherds beheld the Holy Infant, lying in the manger, they...
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4th Sunday of Advent
St. John the Baptist, as the one who goes before Jesus Christ and prepares the way, is a prominent figure in the season of Advent. He announces the coming of Jesus not just by his...
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3rd Sunday of Advent
Today the Church celebrates the joyful Sunday of Advent, but we might well wonder where we can find true joy in the midst of such dark times, when the world seems to be falling apart...
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2nd Sunday of Advent
Let me begin with a brief review of what I said last Sunday about the peace of Eden, which consisted of a hierarchy of four distinct orders.
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1st Sunday of Advent
Preached December 1, 2019; St. Peter Catholic Church, The Dalles, Oregon Jesus Christ came once as Savior and he will come again as Judge. We prepare for Christ’s actual coming in judgment by receiving in...
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Christ the King
Preached November 24, 2019; St. Peter Catholic Church, The Dalles, Oregon Today we celebrate the Solemnity of Christ the King, which was only added to the Church’s calendar in 1925 by Pope Pius XI. Originally,...
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33rd Sunday of Ordinary Time
Preached November 17, 2019; St. Peter Catholic Church, The Dalles, Oregon As we draw near the end of the liturgical year things get serious. The end of the liturgical year directs our attention to the...
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32nd Sunday of Ordinary Time
Preached November 10, 2019; St. Peter Catholic Church, The Dalles, Oregon Today’s 1st reading, from the 2nd Book of Maccabees, gives us a small portion of the account of the martyrdom of seven sons and...