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When God Calls, Will You Answer the Call?
“The wedding is ready, but those invited were not worthy. Go therefore into the main streets, and invite everyone you find to the wedding banquet.” Matt. 22:8-9 Consider for a moment how many...
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Be Dressed — Ready For Service
Sunday’s Gospel reading of the Bridesmaids tells us we must be ready. You must be spiritually ready. If there is one thing that Jesus continually preached it was that we need to be ready. Over and over...
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The Good News of God’s Redemption Through Jesus Christ
Advent, being the first season in the Church’s liturgical calendar, we begin again to tell the Good News of God’s redemption through Jesus Christ. As a result, Mark doesn’t waste any time getting to...
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When God Takes You Out of Your Comfort Zone
HAPPY NEW YEAR! Since I have the privilege of sending out the first message for the year, I ask what will the year bring for us? We know from year to year things change and this year we be no different...
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Jesus Speaks God’s Word with Authority, Power & Hope
In Sunday’s gospel we learn how Jesus spoke God’s word and how that word had authority, power and hope for living. Because he has authority, because he has power, because his words do affect our lives,...
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Which Road Will You Choose on the Path of Life?
And he called to him the multitude with his disciples, and said to them, “If any man (person) would come after me, let him (them) deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me.” Living for...
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Christ Is Committed — Are You?
Next week is Holy Week. A time to really focus on what Christ did for us and what is our commitment to Him. As He prepares for his Crucifixion he is committed to complete what his Father has asked of...
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Jesus Our Good Shepherd
In Sunday’s gospel we hear about the “Good Shepherd. As our Good Shepherd, Jesus has been taking care of us long before we really understood who he was. He has suffered many sleepless nights for us....
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Come Holy Spirit! Come!
Happy Birthday! Who’s birthday is it you might ask. Well it is all of ours. Sunday is Pentecost. Pentecost is one of the four major festivals of the church year. We will celebrate the coming of God’s...
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”Why are you afraid? Have you still no faith?”
The disciples were in a boat with Jesus and became frightened as they found themselves in a violent storm while HE was asleep. They woke him, he stilled the storm and turned to them and said, “Why are...
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Embrace the Principle of Rest — Jesus Did
Rest is not only vital to our spiritual lives, it is imperative if we are to be effective. Christ understood this principle and made it a point to get away both with His disciples and by Himself from...
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Jesus “The Servant”
As we reflect back on this day, some 14 years ago the images are still so vivid. We also remember the humanitarian efforts that were shown by thousands of people in an effort to rescue their brothers...
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What Must We Do to Inherit Eternal Life?
Sunday’s gospel talks about the rich man who had everything and kneels before Christ asking what must he do to inherit eternal life. Christ responds, follow the commandments and the rich man says, I...
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All That We Are & Everything We Have Belong to God
Sunday’s Gospel talks about the “Poor Woman” who put in the treasury all she had. However, many seemed quite impressed at the generosity of those who cast an abundance of big, heavy coins into the...
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Advent A Season of Preparation
December is a month of preparation. In the church year we are also in a season of preparation called, “Advent.” Just as we do all kinds of physical things to prepare for Christmas, we also do spiritual...
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A Wish for A Blessed New Year & The Gifts We Will Share in 2016
Since I have the privilege of writing the first spiritual message for the New Year, let me wish everyone a very BLESSED NEW YEAR! A year in which I hope our lives will be enriched by Christ presence in...
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“No Prophet is Accepted in the Prophet’s Hometown”
In Sunday’s gospel from Luke, Jesus returns to his hometown and the people gathered, say to Him “Do here also in your hometown the things that we have heard you did at Capernaum.” And he said “Truly I...
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Alleluia, Christ is Risen, Alleluia! — We Are Forgiven
Alleluia Christ is Risen, Alleluia! The resurrection of Christ is a revelation. The tomb was empty because He was alive. Alive in Himself, but also alive for all of us. It has implications for us: WE...
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A New Commandment?
Jesus says, “A new commandment I give you, that you love one another even as I have loved you.” Notice who Jesus was addressing when he gave this commandment, His disciples, people who were already...
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Pondering The Holy Spirit
This Sunday is Trinity Sunday. Many times we hear the words, “In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.” You probably have questioned in your own life or have been asked the...
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