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  • Motivations, Feast of the Epiphany – 2020

    [RCL]: Isaiah 60:1-6; Psalm 72:1-7,10-14; Ephesians 3:1-12; Matthew 2:1-12 Perhaps some of you are familiar with pantomimes – a type of stage play that engages the audience, by encouraging either loud shouts of “Hooray!” for the good guy, or exclamations of “Booo!” for the obvious bad guy. Pantomimes have simple plots and simple characters who…

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  • Navidad 2 – 2020

    ¡Feliz Año Nuevo! Litúrgicamente hablando, la festividad de la Epifanía es el 6 de enero, después de los doce días de navidad. Usualmente, la celebramos el domingo más cercano y antes del 6 de enero. Ese día es hoy. La festividad de la Epifanía es esa gran celebración en la cual los cristianos festejamos la…

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  • Love Defeats Evil, Christmas 2 – 2020

    [RCL]: Jeremiah 31:7-14; Psalm 84 or 84:1-8; Ephesians 1:3-6,15-19a; Matthew 2:13-15, 19-23 or Luke 2:41-52 or Matthew 2:1-12 On this Second Sunday after Christmas, Matthew recounts the narrow escape of the Holy Family when King Herod ordered the execution of all the babies in and around Bethlehem, two years old and younger. Joseph is warned…

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  • What’s in a Name?, Holy Name Day – 2020

    [RCL]: Numbers 6:22-27; Psalm 8; Galatians 4:4-7 or Philippians 2:5-11; Luke 2:15-21 In Act II of William Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet, the lovestruck Juliet ponders a difficult circumstance: she, a Capulet, has fallen in love with a man who bears the name of her family’s sworn enemies—the name of Montague. Passionately and hopefully, with youthful…

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  • Navidad 1 – 2019

    Hace sólo unos días nos reuníamos para celebrar la natividad de nuestro Señor Jesucristo, lo que el cristianismo llama el misterio de la Encarnación. Sin demora, la Iglesia hoy nos invita a que nosotros, los herederos del Reino de los Cielos que somos hijos e hijas de Dios por adopción, realicemos en nuestras vidas ese…

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  • The Same Story, Christmas 1 – 2019

    [RCL]: Isaiah 61:10-62:3; Psalm 147 or 147:13-21; Galatians 3:23-25; 4:4-7; John 1:1-18 Have you ever noticed that when you get together with your family and start telling stories about when you were growing up, or what happened years ago, the same events sound very different as different people tell the story? Depending on who’s describing…

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  • Navidad (I) – 2019

    Este día celebramos uno de los acontecimientos más importantes en la vida de todo cristiano, que llena nuestro corazón de una inmensa alegría; se trata precismante del nacimiento de Jesucristo, en quien se realiza el encuentro pleno entre la divinidad y la humanidad. En efecto, la Navidad es el inicio de la máxima expresión del…

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  • The Word Became Flesh, Christmas Day (III) – 2019

    “Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard      Are sweeter; therefore, ye soft pipes, play on…           Bold Lover, never, never canst thou kiss, Though winning near the goal yet, do not grieve;      She cannot fade, though thou hast not thy bliss,           For…

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  • A Beautiful Mess, Christmas Day (II) – 2019

    O come, all ye faithful, joyful and triumphant, O come ye, O come ye to Bethlehem; come, and behold him, born the King of angels; O come, let us adore him, O come, let us adore him, O come, let us adore him, Christ the Lord. Amen. Each Christmas, we hear that well-known story from…

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  • Becoming Children Again, Christmas Day (I) – 2019

    [RCL]: Isaiah 9:2-7; Psalm 96; Titus 2:11-14; Luke 2:1-14(15-20) Christmas is always better with children around. There is something in their excitement, their wonder, their anticipation for treats and presents that brings as much joy to the giver as to the recipient. As the old joke goes, “There are three stages of life: We believe…

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