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Jan 2021
Fr. Joseph Levine; January 24, 2021 Readings: Jonah 3:1-5,10; Ps 25:4-9; 1 Cor 7:29-31; Mk 1:14-20 Forty days more and Nineveh will be destroyed. That was Jonah’s message. He didn’t want to preach it. He had tried to escape God by getting on a ship and going in the other direction, but God sent a storm upon the ship; the crew had to throw Jonah overboard; he was swallowed by a whale and after three days in the belly of the whale he was cast up again on land. At that point......
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January 17, 2021
2nd Sunday of Ordinary Time
Fr. Joseph Levine; January 17, 2021 Readings: 1 Sam 3:3-10,19; Ps 40:2,4,7-10; 1 Cor 6:13-15,17-20; Jn 1:35-42 Both today’s 1st reading and Gospel give us accounts of beautiful, intensely personal meetings with the Lord. In...
January 09, 2021
The Baptism of the Lord
Fr. Joseph Levine; January 10, 2021 Readings: Is 55:1-11; Is 12:2-6; 1 Jn 5:1-9; Mk 1:7-11 The account of Jesus’ baptism is very short and simple but filled with depth and richness of meaning. The...
January 09, 2021
Bautismo del Señor
Padre Joseph Levine; 10 de enero, 2021 Lecturas: Is 55,1-11; Is 12,1-6; Jn 5,1-9; Mc 1,7-11 El narrativo del bautismo de Jesús es muy breve y simples pero el sentido del misterio es muy profundo....
January 03, 2021
Epiphany
Fr. Joseph Levine; January 3, 2021 Readings: Is 60:1-6; Ps 72:1-2,7-8,10-13; Eph 3:2-3,5-6; Mt 2:1-12 Today we celebrate the Solemnity of the Epiphany. The word ‘epiphany’ means ‘manifestation’ or ‘revelation’; the feast celebrates the manifestation...
January 02, 2021
Holy Mother of God
Fr. Joseph Levine; January 1, 2021 Readings: Nm 6:22-27; Ps 67:2-3,5-6,8; Gal 4:4-7; Lk 2:16-21 In 431 AD the Bishops of the Catholic Church met for the 3rd ecumenical council in the city of Ephesus,...
December 27, 2020
The Holy Family
The Holy Family Fr. Joseph Levine; December 27, 2020 Readings: Sir 3:2-6,12-14; Ps 128:1-5; Col 13:12-21; Lk 2:22-40 Today, on this Sunday after Christmas, we celebrate the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph. A...
December 25, 2020
Christmas
Fr. Joseph Levine; December 25, 2020 Today we celebrate the birth of Christ the Savior. He came to give his life on the Cross to save us from sin and death. Today, we celebrate his...
December 19, 2020
4th Sunday of Advent
Fr. Joseph Levine; December 20, 2020 Not all Scripture is created equal. In revealing to us the plan of divine providence, Scripture contains a record of God’s promises in the Old Testament and the New...
December 12, 2020
3rd Sunday of Advent
Fr. Joseph Levine; December 13, 2020 Readings: Is 61:1-2, 10-11; Lk 46-50,53-54; 1 Th 5:16-24; Jn 1:6-8,19-28 On this 3rd Sunday of Advent, “Gaudete Sunday”, the joyful Sunday of Advent, the penitential purple is changed...