A homily for the fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time, by Terrance Klein
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The Beatitudes allow us to choose God over selfishness
If we understand that self-centeredness, occupying the position where God should properly stand, blinds us to the real, then we can begin to appreciate the Beatitudes as avenues of access to God.
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History will not remember your prayers, but they still matter
Before faith becomes a list of what is believed, it is an actual experience of the living God. Our emotions, desires, joys or sorrows are, as we say, touched by grace.
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No one escapes suffering. But the pain can teach us about acceptance.
No one escapes the suffering that sin brought into the world. And there are no comparisons to be made between the sorrows of one person and those of another. It wouldn’t be suffering if it did not strike each one of us at the core of our being.
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Feast of the Epiphany: What does it mean for God to be ‘the light of the world’?
Epiphany is a feast of light, “the shining forth” of the newborn Christ. It prompts a thought experiment, a mental realignment, if you will.
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Mary: A mother who accepts and aids us
A Homily for the Octave Day of Christmas, Solemnity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God by Father Terrance Klein
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A night when silence says it all
In the Gospel, the passion accounts are dramas. The infancy stories are tableaus. They simply want us to see something.
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To love someone is to feel their pain
A Homily for the Fourth Sunday of Advent, by Father Terrance Klein
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Jesus is God’s initiative. Mary is our response.
That is what the Madonna represents: the initial whole, the divine unity of us, the world and God, is something that must be lost.
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We need a second examination of conscience: How are the people around me doing?
Look at the people with whom you live and work. How are they doing? How are they because of your role in their lives? These questions might reveal as much about your standing with the Lord as your list of sins.