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Fr. Bob’s Weekly Reflections

19 Mar 2023

Fr. Bob’s Homily – Fourth Sunday of Lent – The Man Born Blind

March 19, 2023
Atonement Friars
Fr. Bob's Weekly Reflections
Perhaps none is us should take T.V. commercials too seriously. But there is one type of person that should absolutely stay away from them.
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12 Mar 2023

Fr. Bob’s Homily – Third Sunday of Lent

March 12, 2023
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Fr. Bob's Weekly Reflections
At a mental health facility near here sits a small woman at a small table. She is trying to put together a jigsaw puzzle. She is extremely tense.
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5 Mar 2023

Fr. Bob’s Homily – Second Sunday of Lent – A Transfiguration

March 5, 2023
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Fr. Bob's Weekly Reflections
There is so much contained in our gospel today we could spend the whole day discussing it. So I would like to concentrate on a single word spoken by God the Father to Peter, James and John
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26 Feb 2023

Fr. Bob’s Homily – First Sunday of Lent

February 26, 2023
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Fr. Bob's Weekly Reflections
In any culture, literature reflects a peoples’ story and experience. Writers and playwrights often reveal things about ourselves that we never suspected. They open our eyes with insights about the human condition.
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19 Feb 2023

Fr. Bob’s Homily – Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time – Eye for an Eye

February 19, 2023
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Fr. Bob's Weekly Reflections
The saying from our gospel that we all know so well, an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth. It is a command that has often been used to justify our brutality.
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12 Feb 2023

Fr. Bob’s Homily – Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time – Before you bring your gift to the altar…

February 12, 2023
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Fr. Bob's Weekly Reflections
The gospel today contains a rubric for the Eucharist. Rubrics are directions in the official book that we use for mass. They are printed in red ink.
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5 Feb 2023

Fr. Bob’s Homily – Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time – Light-Salt

February 5, 2023
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Fr. Bob's Weekly Reflections
Dr. David Livingstone, who died in 1873, was a Scottish missionary and explorer. He spent over half of his life serving in Africa.
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29 Jan 2023

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

January 29, 2023
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Fr. Bob's Weekly Reflections
In April of 1986, two gray-haired men greeted each other in Tokyo’s airport. Both men had tears in their eyes, one man was an American named Ponich.
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22 Jan 2023

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

January 22, 2023
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Fr. Bob's Weekly Reflections
Peter and Andrew had just finished their daily work of fishing. They were stretching their nets so they will dry in the sun.
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15 Jan 2023

Fr. Bob’s Homily – Second Sunday – The Lamb of God

January 15, 2023
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Fr. Bob's Weekly Reflections
Today there is a funny feeling in the Church everywhere. The Crib is back in storage, the Wise Men have returned to the East, the shepherds to their flocks...
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