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Sep 2020
Fr. Joseph Levine; September 27, 2020 Readings: Ez 18:25-28; Psalm 25:4-9; Ph 2:1-11; Mt 21:28-32 Both today’s 1st reading and today’s Gospel put the focus on doing the will of God; whatever we have done in the past, so long as we are in this life it is not too late to be converted to the will of God. Today’s 2nd reading reinforces this point by showing us the example of Jesus who became obedient unto death, even death on a Cross. I will return to this subject of obedience in more......
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September 19, 2020
25th Sunday of Ordinary Time
Fr. Joseph Levine; September 20, 2020 Readings: Is 55:6-9; Psalm 145:2-3,8-9,17-18; Ph 1:20-24,27; Mt 20:1-16 Seek the Lord while he may be found. That suggests there might be a time when it will no longer...
September 12, 2020
Message for 24th Sunday of Ordinary Time
Fr. Joseph Levine; September 13, 2020 Readings: Sirach 27:30-28:7; Psalm 103:1-4,9-12; Rm 14:7-9; Mt 18:21-35 Today’s 1st reading and Gospel complement each other with the themes of anger and forgiveness. Our 1st reading gives us...
August 22, 2020
21st Sunday of Ordinary Time
21st Sunday of Ordinary Time Fr. Joseph Levine; August 23, 2020 Readings: Is 22:19-23; Ps 138:1-3,6,8; Rm 11:33-36; Mt 16:13-20 You are Peter, and upon this rock I will build my Church, and the gates...
August 08, 2020
19th Sunday of Ordinary Time
Fr. Joseph Levine; August 9, 2020 Readings: 1 Kg 19:9a, 11-13a; Ps 85:9-14; Rm 9:1-5; Mt 14:22-33 In today’s 1st reading we hear about the prophet Elijah hearing the voice of God in a still...
August 01, 2020
18th Sunday of Ordinary Time
Fr. Joseph Levine; August 2, 2020 Readings: Is 55:1-3, Ps 145:8-9, 15-18; Rm 8:35,37-39; Mt 14:13-21 In 304 AD, during the persecution of the Roman Emperor Diocletian, 49 Christians of Abitina in modern day Tunisia,...
July 25, 2020
17th Sunday of Ordinary Time
Fr. Joseph Levine; July 26, 2020 Readings: 1 Kgs 3:5, 7-12; Ps 119:52, 72, 76-77, 127-130; Rm 8:28-30; Mt 13:44-52 One characteristic of our times is the loss of confidence in the various institutions that...
July 18, 2020
16th Sunday of Ordinary Time
Fr. Joseph Levine; July 19, 2020 Readings: Wis 12:13,16-19; Ps 86:5-6,9-10,15-16; Rm 8:26-27; Mt 13:24-43 The parable of the wheat and the weeds that we have heard today addresses one of the most basic problems...
July 11, 2020
15th Sunday of Ordinary Time
Fr. Joseph Levine; July 12, 2020 Readings: Is 55:10-11; Ps 65:10-14; Rm 8:18-23; Mt 13:1-23 My word shall not return to me void, but shall do my will, achieving the end for which I sent...
July 04, 2020
Message for the 14th Sunday of Ordinary Time
Fr. Joseph Levine; July 5, 2020 Readings: Zec 9:9-10; Ps 145:1-2,8-11,13-14; Rm 8:9,11-13; Mt 11:25-30 I give praise to you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, for although you have hidden these things from the...