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A leper came to Jesus and kneeling down begged him and said, “If you wish, you can make me clean.” Moved with pity [compassion], he stretched out his hand, touched him, and said to him, “I do will it. Be … Continue reading
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This Wednesday, we celebrate the feast of Our Lady of Lourdes. We have the pleasure of having Fr. Reginald Martin, O.P., lead us in the Shrine of St. Jude’s novena for Our Lady of Lourdes. Fr. Reginald began the novena … Continue reading
If today you hear his voice, harden not your hearts. Oh, that today you would hear his voice: “Harden not your hearts as at Meribah, as in the day of Massah in the desert, Where your fathers tempted me; they … Continue reading
It sure is easy for me to forget that time is running out. Today’s second reading seems to indicate that Saint Paul encountered Christians with the same forgetful tendency. He reminds the Corinthians that the things of this world are … Continue reading
Whom in your life do you identify as a teacher, and why do you identify the person in that way? In today’s Gospel reading, Andrew and another disciple followed Jesus because they recognized Jesus as a teacher. They recognized him … Continue reading
Hello. My name is Brother Andy Opsahl, and I am a Dominican student brother doing an internship here at St. Dominic’s until June. Father Michael Hurley will be absent for the next three weeks due to his leadership role on … Continue reading
And behold, the star that they had seen at its rising preceded them, until it came and stopped over the place where the child was. They were overjoyed at seeing the star, and on entering the house they saw the … Continue reading
When the days were completed for their purification according to the law of Moses, they took him up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord. When they had fulfilled all the prescriptions of the law of the Lord, they … Continue reading
What’s the secret to happiness? I recently read about a historic 75-year study undertaken by a group of Harvard researchers who systematically sought to research this very question. Following 300 folks from the classes of 1938-1940 (now well into their … Continue reading
Jesus said to his disciples: “Be watchful!” Consider how much of the day is simply waiting. We wait in a daily snarl of traffic, we linger at queue for the restroom, and we take a number at the deli. In … Continue reading