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Your Reward Will Be Great in Heaven

In this week’s Gospel, Jesus teaches us how to be truly blessed and find lasting happiness. Each beatitude offers a valuable lesson, but the overarching message is clear: we are not called to think and act like the world tells us to. Instead, we must align our lives with God’s will. Let’s explore each beatitude […]

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Keep Christ in our Christmas List

It’s a busy world out there. We all have a long list of things that we need to get done every week and we often have trouble finding time to accomplish everything on our list. Task management needs to be used in order to prioritize accomplishing the most important tasks. My tasks usually are broken […]

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Rediscovering Advent

As we start the first week of Advent, we not only look forward to celebrating the birth of Jesus, but also look forward to His return to bring us home. Unfortunately, the celebration of Advent has been turned into the celebration of Christmas and the celebration of Christmas is over after December 25th. This Advent, […]

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Leaping For Joy

This world is filled with so much pain, suffering, and sadness that it is sometimes hard to find joy. I haven’t been filled with joy this week as I spent almost every day of it in the hospital. Despite all the suffering in the world, we need to realize that Jesus is the ultimate source […]

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Stand Erect and Raise Your Heads

Life is full of wonderful moments, but it’s also full of much sadness, fear, and worry. While one person celebrates a gain, another grieves a loss. One person is overjoyed with a win while another is depressed from a failure. No matter if life treats us good or bad, we need to keep our eyes […]

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So That Your Joy May Be Complete

Jesus tells us that He loves us as much as the Father loves Him and that He wants us to remain in His love. We remain in His love by doing what Jesus commands us to do. There aren’t any hidden messages in the gospel for this week. Jesus plainly states, “This I command you: […]