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Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time
February 22, 2020
Lev. 19:1-2, 17-18; Ps. 103; 1 Cor. 3:16-23; Matt. 5:38-48
The 1987 movie The Untouchables is a fictionalized account of how Elliot Ness (Kevin Costner) and the FBI brought down notorious Chicago mobster Al Capone. Ness enlists...
Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time
February 15, 2020
Sirach 15:15-20; 1 Corinthians 2:6-10; Matthew 5:17-37
When I was a freshman in high school, I had a difficult first semester. I received a “D” in one course and an “Incomplete” in another. I...
Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time
February 8, 2020
Isaiah 58:7-10; Psalm 112; 1 Corinthians 2:1-5; Matthew 5:13-16
This past Wednesday, we had a public meeting to receive the decisions of Cardinal Cupich for the future of our parish and others in the Renew My Church process....
Presentation of the Lord
February 1, 2020
Malachi 3:1-4; Hebrews 2:14-18; Luke 2:22-40
This past week, the world mourned the passing of Kobe Bryant. He died last Sunday with his daughter and seven others, in a helicopter crash near Los Angeles. He was one of the...
Notes from a Journey - Capuchin Friar John Celichowski