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deaconrandy
- Feb 15, 2018
- 2 min
The Eucharistic Prayer
Dear sisters and brothers in Christ Jesus, I want to focus our attention this Lenten season on the Eucharistic Prayer of the Holy Mass. This Sunday’s reading from Genesis is a perfect place to start. God establishes a covenant with Noah, the first of many such covenants. God sets the rainbow in the sky to remind us of God’s promise to all creation. God will not destroy what He has made. We are good, and we are made for good by God. The terms of this covenant are simple:
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deaconrandy
- Feb 9, 2018
- 1 min
Whatever You Do, Do Everything for the Glory of God
Dear sisters and brothers in Christ Jesus, First off, this is your friendly reminder that Ash Wednesday, this Wednesday, is a day of fast and abstinence from meat. Healthy adults are to eat only one meal on Wednesday and refrain from eating any meat other than fish, just as with all Fridays (not just Lent) by request of our American Catholic Bishops. Saint Paul has a wonderful phrase in this week’s second reading that sums up our response to God’s love and authority in our l
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deaconrandy
- Feb 1, 2018
- 1 min
Jesus Comes to be Our Hope and Our Joy
Dear sisters and brothers in Christ Jesus, He told them, "Let us go on to the nearby villages that I may preach there also. For this purpose have I come." Jesus came to preach the good news of God’s loving plan for us. His miracles of healing and power were not his primary purpose. The miracles were instead signs of his power and authority intended to make the Gospel message concrete for them. Jesus drives out demons and physical sicknesses, but mostly He drives out despa
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