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deaconrandy
- Sep 20, 2018
- 2 min
We Are Made for Greatness!
“Then he sat down, called the Twelve, and said to them, ‘If anyone wishes to be first, he shall be the last of all and the servant of all.’ Taking a child, he placed it in their midst, and putting his arms around it, he said to them, ‘Whoever receives one child such as this in my name, receives me.’” Dear sisters and brothers in Christ Jesus, We strive to excel in all that we do; we are made for greatness! Yet we need to take care that our goals are good for the whole Body o
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deaconrandy
- Sep 13, 2018
- 2 min
Lay Down Our Lives for Our Faith
Dear sisters and brothers in Christ Jesus, “Whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake and that of the gospel will save it.” When was the last time we were asked to lay down our lives for our faith? When were we last asked to pit our Christian way of life against the ways of the world and take a stand? Is it too easy to be a Christian, or too hard? If being a Christian does not involve a personal Cross for each of us, are we doing
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deaconrandy
- Sep 6, 2018
- 1 min
Healing for Survivors of Abuse
Dear sisters and brothers in Christ Jesus, As I mentioned in my homily a few weeks ago, I want us to make an act of reparation and healing for survivors of abuse, for the reform of our clergy, and for the strengthening of our Catholic Church. I am asking us all to practice fasting and abstinence (like we do on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday) from the morning of this Friday, September 14th, the feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, through 3:00 p.m. on Saturday, September
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