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  • During Lent, start fresh with the Church’s penitential practices

    During Lent, start fresh with the Church’s penitential practices

    • Feb 14, 2021

    Lent is an opportunity to mark the calendar, start fresh, and renew some things in our lives.

    By Father Jeffrey F. Kirby
  • Healings are a reminder that for Christians, body and soul both matter

    Healings are a reminder that for Christians, body and soul both matter

    • Feb 6, 2021

    This Sunday at Mass, believers continue to walk through Saint Mark’s Gospel. Last weekend, the Gospel recounted how the Lord Jesus exorcised a bad spirit in the synagogue of Capernaum.

    By Father Jeffrey F. Kirby
  • All Christians by baptism are called to be prophets

    All Christians by baptism are called to be prophets

    • Jan 31, 2021

    The prophets in ancient Israel were summoned by God to speak his words. They were oftentimes words of warning, admonishment, and correction, as well as renewal, blessing, and hope.

    By Father Jeffrey F. Kirby
  • Gospel’s call to repentance challenges our personal status quo

    Gospel’s call to repentance challenges our personal status quo

    • Jan 24, 2021

    A call to repentance challenges the status quo. It calls on people to pause and evaluate where things are and where they’d want them to be.

    By Father Jeffrey F. Kirby
  • We’re not baptized into an economy, party or country, but into Christ

    We’re not baptized into an economy, party or country, but into Christ

    • Jan 17, 2021

    In an environment consumed with money, we have not been baptized into an economy. In a culture absorbed by political identity, we have not been baptized into a political party. In a world that has been threatened at times by radicalized nationalism, we have not been baptized as Americans.

    By Father Jeffrey F. Kirby
  • The Baptism of the Lord is also the celebration of our own baptism

    The Baptism of the Lord is also the celebration of our own baptism

    • Jan 10, 2021

    Our faith cannot disappear with the Christmas ornaments and decorations.

    By Father Jeffrey F. Kirby
  • Magi a reminder that even as we seek God, God always seeks us

    Magi a reminder that even as we seek God, God always seeks us

    • Jan 3, 2021

    Today, we honor the Wise Men who followed a star.

    By Father Jeffrey F. Kirby
  • Joseph is the overlooked part of the great Christmas story

    Joseph is the overlooked part of the great Christmas story

    • Dec 27, 2020

    Joseph was, by all accounts, a just man. He sought to honor God in everything he did, and we see how such an adherence to God transformed him and gave him divine wisdom.

    By Father Jeffrey F. Kirby
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