“Alleluia Cannot Always Be Our Song”
“Alleluia cannot always Be our song while here below; Alleluia, our transgressions Make us for a while for-go; For the solemn time is coming When our tears for sin must flow.” Our long walk in the desert with Jesus begins tomorrow. Picture: Ethiopian Icon of Jesus carrying the cross. Fair Use. Found here.
“Sunday in a TweetShell” for the Gospel for the 7th Sunday of Ordinary Time (Year A) [February 19, 2023] – Matthew 5:38-48
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My “Sunday in a TweetShell” is late today because guess who didn’t read the seminary email about the change in Mass time for just this free weekend & had to off campus to find a Mass….yeah so here it is. At least you can get today’s Gospel back in mind for evening contemplation. Above is…
Interviewed by the St. Thomas More “Cougar Cast” Student Show for Black History Month!
I was recently took part in a brief interview by the student-ran Cougar Cast a live weekly school TV newscast show filmed out of St. Thomas More Catholic High School in Lafayette, LA. Their show focuses on school announcements, important news, sports and weather, but sometimes that have special themed episodes like the one I…
“Sunday in a TweetShell” for the Gospel for the 6th Sunday of Ordinary Time (Year A) [February 12, 2023] – Matthew 5:17-37
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Above is my “Sunday in a TweetShell: Sunday’s Gospel Message and Us in 280 or Less” I tweeted and shared on my FB for today’s Gospel reading for the 6th Sunday of Ordinary Time (Year A) [February 12, 2023] Mt 5:17-37 Jesus said to his disciples:“Do not think that I have come to abolish the…
“Sunday in a TweetShell” for the Gospel for the 5th Sunday of Ordinary Time (Year A) [February 5, 2023] – Matthew 5:13-16
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Above is my “Sunday in a TweetShell: Sunday’s Gospel Message and Us in 280 or Less” I tweeted and shared on my FB for today’s Gospel reading for the 5th Sunday of Ordinary Time (Year A) [February 5, 2023] Mt 5:13-16 Jesus said to his disciples:“You are the salt of the earth.But if salt loses…
“Sunday in a TweetShell” for the Gospel for the 4th Sunday of Ordinary Time (Year A) [January 29, 2023] – Matthew 5:1-12a
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Above is my “Sunday in a TweetShell: Sunday’s Gospel Message and Us in 280 or Less” I tweeted and shared on my FB for today’s Gospel reading for the 4th Sunday of Ordinary Time (Year A) [January 29, 2023] Mt 5:1-12a. When Jesus saw the crowds, he went up the mountain,and after he had sat…
“Sunday in a TweetShell” for the Gospel for the 3rd Sunday of Ordinary Time (Year A) [January 22, 2023] – Matthew 4:12-23 (longer reading):
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“Sunday in a TweetShell” from my Twitter page (featured image above). Gospel Reading: Mt 4:12-23 When Jesus heard that John had been arrested,he withdrew to Galilee.He left Nazareth and went to live in Capernaum by the sea,in the region of Zebulun and Naphtali,that what had been said through Isaiah the prophetmight be fulfilled:Land of Zebulun…
Male and Female, Adam and Eve – A Brief Meditation
As Scripture affirms, God created male and female, and within this creation He imbued male and female not only with a fundamental equality rooted in the equal sharing of His image but also with real and true distinctions and beautiful differences. In God’s pristine creation before the Fall there was no confusion in the fundamental…
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