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Conditions for Working a Miracle

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17th Sunday Ordinary time

July 29, 2012

 

There is a boy here who has five barley loaves and two fish;

But what good are these for so many?

                                                            John 6:9

 

          Jesus has a knack in the Gospels for getting the disciples into seemingly impossible situations, and he frequently does so with his followers today! Jesus saw the vast crowds, and felt sorry for them, so he began to teach them at great length. In fact, he spoke so long that the people ran out of food!  Was this an accident? No, the Lord intended this as a test for the disciples. In fact, it seems he had deliberately led them into another impossible situation (John 6:1-15). It is in precisely these types of difficulties, when something is beyond our abilities, that the miraculous will often occur.

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Cross Over to a Deserted Place

Pastor’s Column

16th Sunday Ordinary Time

July 22, 2012

 

“Come away by yourselves to a deserted place and rest awhile.”

                                                            Mark 6:31

 

          In last week’s gospel, Jesus had sent the disciples out two by two to all the towns and villages (Mark...

 

Lost Luggage and the Spiritual Life

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15th Sunday in Ordinary Time

July 15, 2012

 

“He instructed them to take nothing with them for the journey but a walking stick – no food, no sack, no money belts.”

                                                  Mark 6:8

 

          Perhaps no advice Jesus gave his disciples sounds...

 

They Had Him All Figured Out

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14th Sunday in Ordinary Time

July 8, 2012

 

          Have you ever heard the expression, “familiarity breeds contempt?” Well, this is what Jesus is facing in this Sunday’s gospel (Mark 6:1-6).  He has come to the town where he grew up – Nazareth. We learn from this passage that Jesus had lived a very circumspect...

 

The Woman Who Touched Jesus

Pastor’s Column

13th Sunday in Ordinary Time

July 1, 2012

 

“If I but touch his clothes, I will be cured.”

                                                                      Mark 5:28

 

          The hemophiliac woman in our gospel this Sunday (Mark 5:21-41) was on a mission—to touch Jesus! “If only I can...