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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
The Thirty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time (2024)
As Christians, we are called to live for the future.
The Fourth Sunday of Easter (2024)
we can only say we truly know this Good Shepherd if we are willing to listen to his voice and follow his commands in our daily lives.
Saint Josephine Bakhita: Freedom and Hope
“The daughter of Sudan, sold into slavery as a living piece of property, is free, free with the freedom of the saints.”
The Second Sunday of Advent (Year B)
John calls his desert-followers—and each of us—to Advent honesty and vulnerability. In his clarion call, Advent hope and the hard work of conversion come together.
Looking Forward: The Season of Advent and a New Church Year
Our Advent journey is one of lament and longing, a cry for that life which only God can give.
The Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year A)
Jesus opens his heart to embrace the heaviness that we carry in ours; he doesn’t take away our cross, but he labors with us. And this is how burdens become light: because he carries them with us.
The Third Sunday of Easter: “Easter is a Shout of Victory”
The Resurrection shows us that there is always reason to hope and that Christ remains with us, journeying with us as we walk our pilgrim path.
Wednesday of the Fifth Week of Lent 2023
To live in freedom requires a choice on our part. It means that we have to do the work of Lent and strip away distractions, pretense, agenda, and the masks that we present to the world, to open ourselves to the truth that saves us.