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Fr. Bob’s Thoughts for the First Week of Advent

27 Nov 2022

Fr. Bob’s Thoughts for the First Week of Advent

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November 27, 2022
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Advent Blog, Fr. Bob's Weekly Reflections
As we enter the season of Advent, the prophet Isaiah says to God, “Would that You might meet us doing right, that we were mindful of You in our ways.”
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20 Nov 2022

Fr. Bob’s Homily – Thirty-Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time – Christ the King Solemnity

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November 20, 2022
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Fr. Bob's Weekly Reflections
Charlie Brown is leaning against a tree talking to Lucy. She asks, “What do you think security is, Charlie Brown?”
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13 Nov 2022

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

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November 13, 2022
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Fr. Bob's Weekly Reflections
One night in 1983 over 100 million TV viewers saw the movie, “The Day After.” It portrayed what a city would look like after a nuclear attack.
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6 Nov 2022

Fr. Bob’s Homily – Thirty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time

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November 6, 2022
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Fr. Bob's Weekly Reflections
Three men died and went to heaven. St. Peter asked the first if he had been faithful to his wife; he admitted to two affairs during his marriage.
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30 Oct 2022

Fr. Bob’s Homily – Thirty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time – Zacchaeus

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October 30, 2022
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Fr. Bob's Weekly Reflections
There is a song by Billy Joel; called Piano Man. It is about Joel’s early life when he used to play the piano in a bar. Every night he would sing songs for the customers and in piano man, he tells their stories.
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23 Oct 2022

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

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October 23, 2022
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Fr. Bob's Weekly Reflections
Many of us look back and feel guilty about something we said or did in the past. If only we could undo the cruel deed, we would un-say the harsh words.
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16 Oct 2022

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

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October 16, 2022
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Fr. Bob's Weekly Reflections
This true story is from Woman’s Day Magazine. When Karen and her husband Tom found out they were going to have another baby, they wanted to prepare their three-year-old son Michael to be ready for a new sister.
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9 Oct 2022

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

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October 9, 2022
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Fr. Bob's Weekly Reflections
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.
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2 Oct 2022

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

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October 2, 2022
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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.
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25 Sep 2022

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

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September 25, 2022
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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.
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