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Coming Closer to Christ: Our Lord fasts and prays before beginning his public ministry, and, like all of us, he too has to face temptation in making the right decisions. He does so to…

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Coming Closer to Christ: Sometimes we experience pessimism because no matter what we do we can’t seem to avoid suffering; painful things just keep happening to us and those we love. Sometimes we experience…

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Coming Closer to Christ: Today’s Sunday is also ominously referred to as the last Sunday in Ordinary time, and not just because next Sunday a new liturgical year begins with Advent. Today’s Sunday reminds…

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Coming Closer to Christ: Be Ready! This weekend’s message touches on the importance of a healthy respect for the Lord. The Gospel parable reminds us that fear can rattle us into making bad decisions…

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Bishop McGrattan has issued a letter on the financial challenges due to COVID-19 and the decisions that will affect the employment of some staff in the parishes and in the Pastoral Centre in 2021….

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COMING CLOSER TO CHRIST: You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind In today’s Gospel passage, Jesus packs all the wisdom…

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COMING CLOSER TO CHRIST: I shall not want (Ps 23) – In this weekend of Thanksgiving, today’s Psalm told us so beautifully: “The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want… Even though I…

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COMING CLOSER TO CHRIST: Blessed are those who hear the word of God and do it.God’s will is always an expression of his love, and his love is the essence of his Word; so,…

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COMING CLOSER TO CHRIST: My thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways my ways. Why does God think differently? Because he wants us to have interior peace and to trust. When we…

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COMING CLOSER TO CHRIST: “How often must I forgive…?” Peter knew, as we all do, that forgiveness can be difficult, very difficult. In those days, the law prescribed threefold forgiveness, so Peter was being…

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