In an age without newspapers, TV or the Internet tragic news still got out there. Jesus comments on two hot topics of discussion — two tragic accidents that had recently occurred. The first of these otherwise unknown incidents concerned the killing of some Galileans while they were offering sacrifice, probably in the Jerusalem temple at […]
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Why was Jesus transfigured? What purpose did it serve? Why did he take only three disciples with him? Why Peter, James and John? Why did Peter betray the Lord after having witnessed first hand such an amazing miracle? All interesting questions and ones about which the Spirit will surely enlighten us. The Transfiguration was a
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Wednesday, February 13th is Ash Wednesday, Holy Mass with distribution of ashes at 6.00 p.m. Every Friday during Lent, beginning February 15th, we will have Stations of the Cross at 6.00 p.m. Please join us this Lent as we journey with Christ.
Simon and his companions were fishermen who came from a fishing community. It was something they had done all their lives, and they never anticipated any change in their lifestyle. They probably loved their work, but no doubt they had had many days like this one, with nothing to show for their efforts. At times
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Our Annual Parish meeting will be held on February 24th after Holy Mass. All parishioners are encouraged to take part in that meeting and participate in the democratic tradition of our Holy Church.
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At the point when today’s Gospel begins, Jesus has just read from the Hebrew Scriptures in the synagogue. His reading, from Isaiah, has been received with reverence. On sitting down, Jesus makes a shocking declaration. The promise of Isaiah is fulfilled here, today. The response of the people is fascinating. They embrace and accept him.
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The Gentiles, like Luke himself, had believed in Christ on the testimony of others, not because they were eyewitnesses to Jesus’ life, ministry and resurrection. Attacks on the historical existence of Jesus began to undermine their faith. To build up their faith, Luke wrote down an orderly account of Jesus’ earthly life and ministry ‘just
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In a village in Galilee we encounter John’s ‘sign theology.’ As he puts it so simply and beautifully: ‘This, the first of his signs, Jesus did at Cana in Galilee‘ (v. 11). The question, as always with these signs, is: ‘What does this sign mean?’ Believer or unbeliever, we all understand the message a superabundance
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Today the season of Christmas draws to a close. It reaches a wonderful climax in a definitive event in the Lord’s life: his baptism in the Jordan. Jesus’ baptism was a remarkable event because the baptism offered by John the Baptist was for repentance. The immersion in the waters of the Jordan was a sign
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Ś+P Virginia R. Sivc, 94, a long time resident of Little Falls, passed away Sunday, December 30, 2012, at Valley Health Services, Herkimer, where she had been a resident since December 21. She was born on February 1, 1918 in Little Falls the daughter of the late śp. Walter and śp. Sophie (Wilcinski) Rumin. She
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