December 25, 2016.mp3 Merry Christmas! Listen to Fr. Gerry's Christmas Day Homily. John 1:1-18
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December 18, 2016.mp3 Matthew 1:18-24 Fr. Gerry speaks about the fears & anxieties some people experience during the Christmas Holiday. He relates it to the fears & anxieties of all the central characters in the Christmas story. Fr. Gerry guides us to each "allow Christ to birth Himself in me, to be born in our own stable." This is what the Lord wants — His Grace. What fears do I have about this reality?
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December 11, 2016.mp3 The Gospel of Matthew 11:2-11 continues the story of John the Baptist and his role in proclaiming Jesus Christ as the long-awaited Messiah. We, too, would probably think John was nuts based on how he appeared. John knew his purpose in life. He focused on his mission. But, as he sat in prison John began to have doubts. He sought to know the Truth. Do we hunger for the Truth?
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December 4, 2016.mp3 Fr. Gerry looks at the imagery present in today's Gospel Matthew 3:1-12. He asks these questions — Were John & Isaiah lunatics? Were they judged by appearances only? Then, he looks at our image of God — Is my image of God as One to be feared or One to be loved?
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Did Jesus really say, “Hate your mother”?
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We are reassured of the greatness of man, of his dignity and rights. But we are in sore danger of forgetting fundamental truths about our condition. We are fallen beings alienated from God, from our neighbors, even from our very selves. We have no rights to stand on before God; we are like “filthy rags,” as Isaiah says (Is 64:4). We are dependent on the divine Mercy at every moment—for our very existence, for our conversion to good, for our repentance from evil, for our escape from damnation, and above all, for the gift of eternal life in Christ Jesus. ... See MoreSee Less
What the Roman Canon Teaches Us about Predestination
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Such a lovely picture ❤
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Thank you for sharing this, holy communion is so important 🙏💕
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Amen!❣️🙏
Amen 🙏🏽
May we all find peace and love 🙏💕
Amen!
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Of all the things that made Jerome famous, nothing was so legendary as his translation of the Bible. Jerome began work while he was still in Rome under Pope Damasus. He spent his entire life translating the scriptures from Hebrew and Old Latin.
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