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Pray and Reflect

These homilies and reflections by Father Silas explore the Readings of the Sunday Mass and the times and sesons of the Christian life

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The Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (2024)

Like the Prophet Amos in the First Reading and the Apostles in our Gospel, we are also called entrusted with the responsibility of tirelessly proclaiming the Good News of God’s Mercy.

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The Sixth Sunday of Easter (2024)

We are called to reach across the boundaries—whatever form they might take—and invite others to join us in living out this mission.

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The Third Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year B)

If we take to heart the Christmas and Epiphany revelations that Chris is truly present among us, then we also have to recognize that “ordinariness” is no longer a possibility for us.

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The Twenty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year A)

It isn’t enough to simply talk about reconciliation and healing, we must do the hard work of forgiving, which, for disciples of Jesus, is just one aspect of taking up one’s cross and imitating Jesus himself.

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The Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year A)

God scatters the seed whether we’re ready, paying attention, or willing to receive the seed at all. This is part of God’s gracious self-giving. God is always speaking to us and the seed is always being sown. 

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