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13 Oct 2019

Fr. Bob’s Homily – Twenty-Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time – Cure of the Ten Lepers

October 13, 2019

In our gospel, we read of ten lepers who come to Jesus for a cure. We have little concept today of what it meant to be a leper at the time of Jesus. Worse than the disease was the leper's fate; cut off from family, forced to live a wretched life alone, begging for food.

3 Oct 2019

Fr. Bob’s Homily – Twenty-Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time – Faith Can Move Mountains

October 3, 2019

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Fr. Bob's Weekly Reflections

In our gospel today the twelve apostles make an excellent request of Jesus; increase our faith. Jesus does not respond directly to their request, He puts the apostles on the spot. The point of importance, He says, is not how much faith you have, its size, its amount. What is important is the kind of faith you have, it has to be genuine.

29 Sep 2019

Fr. Bob’s Homily – Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time

September 29, 2019

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Fr. Bob's Weekly Reflections

Many people used to come to Mother Teresa. They wanted to get involved in her work. Mother Teresa being a wise woman could tell if they had what it took to work with her sisters.

23 Sep 2019

Covenant Day and the Beginning of the “At-One-Ment” Charism

September 23, 2019

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One hundred and twenty-one years ago, in 1898, Servant of God Fr. Paul Wattson, SA, and Mother Lurana White formed a spiritual covenant, the foundation of the Society of the Atonement - today the Franciscan Friars and Franciscan Sisters of the Atonement.

23 Sep 2019

Father James Gardiner, SA, Featured In Crux Now

September 23, 2019

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Recently, Fr. James Gardiner, SA, was featured in Crux Now, a Catholic News publication, for his work facilitating pilgrimages to the Holy Land, and the powerful impact that the experience has on one’s faith journey.

22 Sep 2019

Fr. Bob’s Homily – Twenty-Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time – The Unjust Servant

September 22, 2019

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Fr. Bob's Weekly Reflections

When we read the Gospel of Luke 16: 1-13, we hear about an employee who cheats on his employer.

15 Sep 2019

Fr. Bob’s Homily – Twenty-Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time

September 15, 2019

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Fr. Bob's Weekly Reflections

Jesus lived in a society where caste lines were sharply drawn. It was clearly understood that people stayed with their own kind. Good people did not mix and mingle with bad people.

8 Sep 2019

Fr. Bob’s Homily – Twenty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time

September 8, 2019

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Fr. Bob's Weekly Reflections

In Luke 14:25-33 we read that large crowds were coming to Jesus. The movement He started with a dozen men was swelling with converts. How pleased the disciples must have been.

1 Sep 2019

Fr. Bob’s Homily – Do Not Take The Seat of Honor

September 1, 2019

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Fr. Bob's Weekly Reflections

Our gospel today is the third instance in which Luke tells us that Jesus ate with the Pharisees. It must have been an unusual event. Luke says that they watched him closely. However, it seems that Jesus was also observing them. He gently teases the other guests about what he had observed.

27 Aug 2019

Ecumenical Trends Commemorates St. Francis’ Meeting With Sultan Malik al-Kamil

August 27, 2019

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The September 2019 issue of Ecumenical Trends, a publication of the Graymoor Ecumenical and Interreligious Institute focusing on ecumenical and interfaith consultations, conversations, dialogues and cooperation around the world, is the first half of a two-month commemoration of the 800th anniversary of St. Francis’ visit to Sultan Malik al-Kamil in Egypt, during the Fifth Crusade.

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