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December 26 - Saving Family |
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Written by Scott Hahn
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Tuesday, 21 December 2010 00:00 |
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Dr. Scott Hahn on Saving Family.
Readings:
Sirach 3:2-6,12-14
Psalm 128:1-2, 3, 4-5
Colossians 3:12-21
Matthew 2:13-15, 19-23
Underlying the wisdom offered in today’s Liturgy is the mystery of the family in God’s divine plan.
The Lord has set father in honor over his children and mother in authority over her sons, we hear in today’s First Reading. As we sing in today’s Psalm, the blessings of the family flow from Zion, the heavenly mother of the royal people of God (see Isaiah 66:7,10-13; Galatians 4:26).
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October 4 - Live By Faith |
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Written by Scott Hahn
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Thursday, 30 September 2010 00:00 |
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Dr. Scott Hahn on a life lived by faith.
Readings:
Habakkuk 1:2-3;2:2-4
Psalm 95:1-2,6-9
2 Timothy 1:6-8,13-14
Luke 17:5-10
"Because of his faith, the just man shall live. We hear in today’s First Reading the original prophetic line made so central by St. Paul (see Romans 1:17; Galatians 3:11; Hebrews 10:38).We are to live by faith in Christ who loved us and gave himself on the Cross for us (see Galatians 2:20).
The world, though, can seem to us as seventh-century Judah seemed to Habakkuk - in the control of God’s enemies. The strife and discord we face in our own lives can sometimes cause us to wonder, as the prophet does, why God doesn’t seem to hear or intervene when we cry for help.
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October 10-28 - Returning Thanks |
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Written by Scott Hahn
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Thursday, 30 September 2010 00:00 |
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Dr. Scott Hahn on returning thanks.
Readings:
2 Kings 5:14-17
Psalm 98:1-4
2 Timothy 2:8-13
Luke 17:11-19
A foreign leper is cleansed and in thanksgiving returns to offer homage to the God of Israel. We hear this same story in both the First Reading and Gospel today.
There were many lepers in Israel in Elisha’s time, but only Naaman the Syrian trusted in God’s Word and was cleansed (see Luke 5:12-14). Today’s Gospel likewise implies that most of the 10 lepers healed by Jesus were Israelites - but only a foreigner, the Samaritan, returned.
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September 26 - Who Is the Rich Man |
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Written by Dr. Scott Hahn
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Sunday, 26 September 2010 18:35 |
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Dr. Scott Hahn on -- Who is the rich man?
Readings:
Amos 6:1, 4-7
Psalm 146:7-10
1 Timothy 6:11-16
Luke 16:19-31 (see also ‘Who is the Rich Man’)
The rich and powerful are visited with woe and exile in today’s Liturgy - not for their wealth but for their refusal to share it; not for their power but for their indifference to the suffering at their door.
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July 11 - Become Little Children |
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Written by Administrator
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Friday, 09 October 2009 18:35 |
Fr. Scott McCaig, a visiting priest and member of the Companions of the Cross, gives a wonderful homily on the occassion of a child's baptism. "Unless you change and become little children you will not enter the kingdom of God." |
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