(Part 2 of 5 Series on Our Eucharistic Faith and Pro-Life Commitment) “When I am lifted up from the earth,” the Lord said, “I will draw all people to myself” (Jn.12:32). He fulfills this promise in the Eucharist, which builds up the Church. The Church is the sign and cause of the unity of the…
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(Part 1 of 5 Series on Our Eucharistic Faith and Pro-Life Commitment) Our commitment to defend our pre-born brothers and sisters is shaped by our faith in the Eucharist as a sacrament of faith, unity, life, worship, and love. In the next few weeks, we will have a series of articles that will speak about…
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This is an introduction to a 5 part series that starts next week. The focus of this Sunday’s Gospel passage on Eucharist provides us an opportunity to teach on any of the numerous connections between our Eucharistic Faith and pro-life commitment. I would like to dedicate a series of articles on these major points in…
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Elijah was fed on his journey to Horeb; the Israelites were fed on their journey to the Promised Land; we are fed on our journey to Heaven. In all three cases, God does the feeding. We also see that in all three cases, God’s children complain when they face the struggles of the journey. The…
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The multiplication of food (First reading; Gospel) is really about the multiplication and extension of life. The signs that God offers in the Old and New Testaments of his ability to multiply food in miraculous ways are really a message to us about his dominion over life, which is the theme echoed in the Second…
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The first reading and the Gospel passage echo the theme of God as our Shepherd. It is in the Second Reading that we see exactly how Christ shepherds us – through the reconciliation achieved in his blood. He shepherds us not simply by teaching us, but by destroying the very power of death. The Church’s…
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The apostles were called to “to preach repentance,” as is the Church today. This is a key aspect of being a “prophet” (First reading). It’s not so much about telling the future as it is about telling the present, pointing out to God’s people how fidelity to Him today means we have to change. A…
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At our baptism, we were declared to be “Priest, Prophet, and King,” like the Lord Jesus into whose Body and mission we were baptized. A “prophet’ does not primarily tell the future; rather, a prophet tells the present, declaring to the people what the Word of the Lord says about our current circumstances, culture, and…
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“God did not make death …for he fashioned all things that they might have being.” This line from the first reading is not only an assertion that tells us something about God; it is a mandate for his people to stand against the power of death and to defend and promote life. Likewise, the raising…
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To proclaim the Culture of Life requires that we be prophetic. We realize as the first readings both from the Vigil Mass and the Mass during the day tell us, that the message we proclaim, and the motive for which we proclaim it, are given to us from God. They do not derive from us.…
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