Reflections on Pope Francis’ 2019 World Day of Peace message
The leader of the Catholic Church firmly teaches that our Gospel-based faith has a wealth of wisdom to offer the
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Thoughts on resolutions
By Father G. Robert Gross Special to The Witness We have begun the new year of 2019. I have been
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Our pushy mama
View this week’s Scripture readings at: http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/ She had never met the little girl who lived on the next block,
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Your words are spirit and life
January 27, 2019 THIRD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Neh 8:2-4a, 5-6, 8-10 Ezra the priest reads the law Ps 19:8-10,
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Applying Catholic pro-life teaching to both the migrant crisis and abortion issue
Earlier this year Pope Francis wrote in a message “that the issue of migration is not simply one of numbers,
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Our ‘hidden sins’ and the God of countless second chances
I was in a meeting the other day where the task seemed to be to figure out how we could
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Many gifts but one Spirit
January 20, 2019 SECOND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Is 62:1-5 Jerusalem like a bride Ps 96:1-3. 7-10 Sing to the
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Waters of creation
January 13, 2019 THE BAPTISM OF THE LORD Isaiah 42:1-4, 6-7 First Servant Song or Isaiah 40:1-5, 9-11 Call to
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The kings shall bring gifts
January 6, 2019 THE EPIPHANY OF THE LORD Isaiah 60:1-6 Jerusalem! Your light has come Psalm 72:1-2, 7-8, 10-13 The
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Make haste to the newborn king!
http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/122318.cfm “Hurry Janet, I think I’m in labor.” Janet dropped everything and sped to Jessica’s home. Entering the house, she
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