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If You only Knew….
"Every block of stone has a statue inside it and it is the task of the sculptor to discover it." -Michelangelo The great gift of any great artist is the possibilities that they see where many of us see nothing. One of the reasons I will never be that kind of an artist is that I can't see the sculpture in a hunk of rock, the picture on a canvas, or hear a new song in my head... but I am grateful for those who do, since they provide for all of us a perspective on beauty we'd never discover on our own. But my work serving teenagers is not that much different because I, like so many …
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Five Minute Mass Reflection – June 16, 2013
The first reading for this Sunday comes from 2 Samuel 12:7-10, 13 (the prophet Nathan is admonishing King David following the King's attempt to cover up his affair with Bathsheba by murdering her husband), the responsory is Psalm 32 (Lord, forgive the wrong I have done), the second reading is from St. Paul's letter to the Galatians 2:16, 19-21 ("I have been crucified with Christ, yet I live, no longer I, but Christ lives in me"), and the Gospel is Luke 7:36-8:3 (a woman of ill repute washes Jesus feet with her tears and dries them with her hair). The full text of the readings is …
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Five Minute Mass Reflection: June 9, 2013
The first reading for Mass this Sunday comes from 1 Kings 17:17-24, where Elijah saves the son of a widow who is dying; the responsory is Psalm 30:2, 4, 5-6, 11, 12, 13, "I will praise you, Lord, for you have rescued me;" the second reading is Galatians 1:11-19, St. Paul telling of how he came to be an Apostle; and the Gospel is Luke 7:11-17, how Jesus raises from the dead the only son of a widow. The full text of the reading can be found on the USCCB website, and you can read them by clicking here. If I were to try and sum up this Sunday's reading in a word, I would say that it is …
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Love and Suffering
“Pain and disease can paralyze one as a human being. They can shatter one to pieces, not only physically, but also psychologically and spiritually. However, they can also smash down complacency and spiritual lethargy and lead one to find oneself for the first time. The struggle with suffering is the place of human decision-making par excellence. Here the human project becomes flesh and blood. Here man is forced to face the fact that existence is not at his disposal, nor is his life his own property. Man may snap back defiantly that he will nevertheless try to acquire the …
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Five Minute Mass Reflection – Corpus Christi (June 2, 2013)
This Sunday, we celebrate Corpus Christi - the feast of the Body and Blood of Jesus, given to us in the Eucharist at each Mass. The first reading comes from Genesis 14:18-20 (when Abraham met with Melchizedek, priest and king of Salem, who prayed for him and offered bread and wine), the responsory is Psalm 110 (You are a priest for ever, in the line of Melchizedek), the second reading is 1 Corinthians 11:23-26 (St. Paul passed on what he had received, the offering of bread and wine as the Body and Blood of Christ), and the Gospel is Luke 9:11b-17 (the miracle of the loaves and fish). The …
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YouCat – The Lord’s Prayer
Our Father, who art in Heaven, hallowed be thy name; Thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in Heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. Of all the wrote prayers you might use to begin your conversation with God, the most important is the Our Father. It isn't important just because it comes from Scripture (most of the Hail Mary is also from the Gospels), nor because it explains something that we believe (the Sign of the Cross does this as …
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About Mike
For his entire adult life, Mike Landry has dedicated himself to some kind of ministry: six summers on staff at a Catholic camp, three years coordinating and leading retreats across Western Canada, many roles in music ministry, ten years as a parish youth minister, and now as the full-time …
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