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St. Luke & Our Blessed Mother

Fr. Theodore Trinko, IVEFeast of St. Luke, EvangelistHomily Preached at the National Shrine of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton in Emmitburg, MD St Luke Painting the Virgin – By Georgio Vassari Today we are celebrating the feast day of a saint whose name we’ve heard on a daily basis in the Mass for several months: St. Luke. Almost every day the Gospel reading regarding Our Lord’s life is taken from the account which this evangelist wrote. As an author of one of the four Gospels, St. Luke is […]

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November 18, 2017 No Comments
From the Pulpit

Hypocrisy, Humility, and Mercy

Fr. Nathaniel Dreyer, IVETuesday of the 28th Week in Ordinary Time In today’s Gospel, Jesus continues with His rebukes of the unbelieving Pharisees. Here, a Pharisee invited Him to partake of a meal at his house, and is astonished when Jesus doesn’t perform the ceremonial washing of hands as prescribed by the law.The word Luke uses to describe the Pharisee’s reaction is ἐθαύμασεν (ethaumasen); it means to be awestruck or even a […]

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November 17, 2017 No Comments
Daily Life

Take Nothing, Give Everything

Fr. Nathaniel Dreyer, IVEMemorial of St. Vincent de Paul In today’s Gospel, Jesus gives His apostles authority and sends them out. There are two things that call our attention: first, Luke tells us that Christ “sent them to proclaim the Kingdom of God and to heal the sick.” There’s two things: preaching, and healing. Indeed, they do just that, as Luke ends the passage by saying: “Then they set out and went from village to village proclaiming the good news and […]

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October 27, 2017 No Comments
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Doers of the Word

Fr. Theodore Trinko, IVETuesday of the 25th Week in Ordinary Time The risen Christ appears to the Virgin Mary. Line engraving R. Strange, 1773 ​Today’s Gospel should be one of great relief for us. In it we heard Jesus lay down the conditions of being in his family:1) hearing the word of God and 2) acting on it.​This was a great change from the belief of the Jewish people up to that point. In order to belong to God’s Chosen People in the fullest sense of the word, o […]

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September 26, 2017 No Comments
From the Pulpit

Are you Envious?

Fr. Theodore Trinko, IVE25th Sunday in Ordinary Time “The Judgment of Solomon”, William Blake ​The word capital has a lot of different meanings. It could refer to an important city from which a region is governed, and so Annapolis is the capital of Maryland. It could refer to a letter which differs from its lowercase version in height and form. In economics, capital is that surplus of wealth or assets used to begin a new enterprise. In architecture, it refers to the highest point of a col […]

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September 25, 2017 No Comments
From the Pulpit

St. Francis and Poverty

Fr. Theodore Trinko, IVESt. Francis of Assisi St. Francis in Meditation, Caravaggio St. Francis of Assisi is one of the world’s favorite saints. The number of Churches, streets, cities named after him are impressive. Inspired by his example, hundreds of thousands of men and women have entered one of the many religious orders of Franciscans. The title of the Pope’s encyclical “Laudate Si” is taken from his canticle of creation. Even the Pope’s own name is Fran […]

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August 10, 2017 No Comments
Daily Life

A Savior without scars?

Fr. Nathaniel Dreyer, IVEFeast of St. Thomas the Apostle Today we celebrate the feast of Saint Thomas the Apostle. It’s easy to reduce the Apostle

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July 7, 2017 No Comments
America

Let Freedom Ring

Fr. Christopher Etheridge, IVEIndependence Day Today is a day of national celebration, and a day of national thanksgiving to God for the gift of our

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July 7, 2017 No Comments
Divine Providence

God’s Will, not Mine

Fr. Nathaniel Dreyer, IVEFeast of St. Louise-Marie Grignion de Montfort Today we celebrate the feast of Saint Louis de Montfort; there is, of course, plenty

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April 29, 2017 No Comments