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By Fr. Gary Zerr on
Sunday, October 30, 2011
On Being a “Horn-Tooter”
Pastor’s Column
31st Sunday Ordinary Time
October 30, 2011
“Whoever exalts himself will be humbled;
but whoever humbles himself will be exalted.”
Matthew 23:12
When I was thinking about entering the seminary, the pastor at my home parish gave me some very good...
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By Fr. Gary Zerr on
Sunday, October 30, 2011
On Being a “Horn-Tooter”
Pastor’s Column
31st Sunday Ordinary Time
October 30, 2011
“Whoever exalts himself will be humbled;
but whoever humbles himself will be exalted.”
Matthew 23:12
When I was thinking about entering the seminary, the pastor at my home parish gave me some very good...
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By Fr. Gary Zerr on
Sunday, October 23, 2011
The Lord Receives a Coat
Pastor's Column
30th Sunday Ordinary Time
October 23, 2011
"If you take your neighbor's cloak as a pledge, you shall return it to him before sunset. For this cloak of his is the only covering he has for his body. What else has he to sleep in? If he cries out to me, I will hear him, for I am compassionate."
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By Fr. Gary Zerr on
Sunday, October 16, 2011
“Give to God What Belongs to God”
Pastor’s Column
29th Sunday in Ordinary Time
October 16, 2011
“Then repay to Caesar what belongs to Caesar
and to God what belongs to God.”
Jesus is confronted with an ugly reality in this gospel (Matthew 22:15-21): the Pharisees and the Herodians absolutely hated Jesus, and were trying to dig up anything they possibly could to use against him. It is really true that if someone dislikes us enough, nothing we can say or do will be enough to please them, and this was the case with Jesus and these religious leaders. ...
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By Fr. Gary Zerr on
Sunday, October 09, 2011
Mass Changes
Why a New Translation?
Pastor’s Column
28th Sunday in Ordinary Time
October 9, 2011
Beginning on the first Sunday of Advent (November 27), we will be hearing new translations of Mass prayers we have heard and prayed for decades. Like you, I have grown familiar with these prayers over the last 40 years. As a priest, I have many of them...
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By Fr. Gary Zerr on
Sunday, October 02, 2011
The Tenants Who Killed the Landlord
Pastor’s Column
27th Sunday Ordinary Time
October 2, 2011
In this Sunday’s gospel (Matthew 21:33-43), Jesus offers the parable of a man who takes great care to set up his own business—a vineyard. He made a sizeable investment in time and money, planting a hedge, installing an expensive winepress, and cultivating...
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