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Father Matthew Kuhn
- May 16, 2020
- 2 min
Reflection for Sunday, May 17, 2020
Dear sisters and brothers in Christ Jesus, Beloved: Sanctify Christ as Lord in your hearts. Always be ready to give an explanation to anyone who asks you for a reason for your hope, but do it with gentleness and reverence, keeping your conscience clear, so that, when you are maligned, those who defame your good conduct in Christ may themselves be put to shame. For it is better to suffer for doing good, if that be the will of God, than for doing evil. Saint Peter knew that eva
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Father Matthew Kuhn
- May 12, 2020
- 1 min
Reflection for Tuesday, May 12, 2020
Dear sisters and brothers in Christ Jesus, “And when they arrived, they called the Church together and reported what God had done with them and how he had opened the door of faith to the Gentiles. Then they spent no little time with the disciples.” We who minister in Jesus’ name need to get together regularly and build each other up. As priests and deacons, we gather for dinner and prayer once a week, usually Tuesday evenings, for fraternity and homily preparation. It is go
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Father Matthew Kuhn
- May 10, 2020
- 3 min
Reflection for Sunday, May 10, 2020
Dear sisters and brothers in Christ Jesus, The Twelve called together the community of the disciples and said, “It is not right for us to neglect the word of God to serve at table. Brothers, select from among you seven reputable men, filled with the Spirit and wisdom, whom we shall appoint to this task, whereas we shall devote ourselves to prayer and to the ministry of the word.” From the very beginning, the Church has needed deacons. Deacons are specially configured to Chr
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Father Matthew Kuhn
- May 7, 2020
- 1 min
Reflection for Thursday, May 7, 2020
Dear sisters and brothers in Christ Jesus, When Jesus had washed the disciples’ feet, he said to them: “Amen, amen, I say to you, no slave is greater than his master nor any messenger greater than the one who sent him. If you understand this, blessed are you if you do it.” Jesus gave this example of humble service to his Apostles on purpose. He wanted those whom He was about to make leaders in the Church to embrace their responsibilities as service to the people of God, not
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Father Matthew Kuhn
- May 5, 2020
- 2 min
Reflection for Tuesday, May 5, 2020
Dear sisters and brothers in Christ Jesus, Our continuous reading from the Acts of the Apostles brings us today to the first use of the term ‘Christian’ to describe the followers of Jesus. It is no accident that this happens in a Greek-speaking city, as Christ is the Greek translation of the Hebrew word Messiah, or “anointed one.” The Greeks had no direct knowledge of who the Messiah was uniquely in Judaism, but the general concept of one ‘chosen by the gods’ would have bee
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Father Matthew Kuhn
- May 3, 2020
- 2 min
Reflection for Sunday, May 3, 2020
Dear sisters and brothers in Christ Jesus, We dedicate the month of May to our Blessed Mother, Mary. She was privileged to receive first the gift of salvation in Christ, as St. Peter describes in our first reading: “Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins; and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. For the promise is made to you and to your children and to all those far off, whomever the Lord our God will
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