January 31, 2021 Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time

I recently heard this story: An atheist once challenged me to prove to him that God could exist. So I took out my cell phone I put it on the table and I asked him if my Phone was moving. He said “no”. So in order for my phone to...

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January 24, 2021 Third Sunday in Ordinary Time

Brothers and sisters in Christ: During today’s Reading of the Gospel of Mark, we heard Jesus calling the first Apostles, Simon, Andrew, James, the son of Zebedee and his brother John. Each one of them left what they were doing to answer the call to a life of self-denial and ongoing sacrifices....

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January 17, 2021 The Second Sunday in Ordinary Time

Christmas is over. Nobody is left in Bethlehem. In fact, it’s about twenty-eight years later that we find, in today’s Gospel, we find the beginning, the beginning of Jesus’ ministry, and that’s quite important to us all. This chapter is called “the call of discipleship,” for the first thing that...

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January 10, 2021 The Baptism of the Lord

Today, we solemnly celebrate the feast of “The Baptism of the Lord.” Till yesterday, we celebrated an ‘infant Jesus.’ From today, we celebrate an ‘adult Jesus.’ This is why today’s celebration marks the transition from the liturgical season of Christmas into the liturgical season of Ordinary Time. The baptism of Our...

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January 3, 2021 The Epiphany of the Lord

On this Sunday we celebrate the Solemnity of the Epiphany of the Lord, one of the most important celebrations of the Liturgical Year. This Solemnity of the Epiphany celebrates the revelation of the Messiah or the Savior of the world to all the nations and the peoples of the world....

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