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God doesn’t count our possessions but looks at us with eyes of affection that’s worth quite more than anything we possess. Human vanity may make us feel that possessing things makes us more valuable. These items we own are only temporary and must be put in perspective. God values us even after we don’t have […]

What will you do when a famous personality visits your home unannounced? Perhaps you’ll panicked because you are caught unprepared. Maybe you will quickly fix the sofa so the visitor may sit comfortably and rush to the kitchen to make food and drinks. But what if suddenly the visitor does not like to eat anything? […]

This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ Another way of saying Love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, all your mind, and all your strength is to seek the Kingdom of God above all else. Today’s Gospel ,Jesus tells […]

Today is the feast of Saint Thomas the Apostle and both of the readings for Mass seem to reflect the community of Christ’s disciples that Thomas lived in at the time, but also the Catholic community that we are a part of as well. The first reading from the book of Ephesians for Mass today […]

Dear Friends in Christ Jesus,I would like to thank the organizers and everyone who attended the Farewell Reception for me last Sunday afternoon. I also wish to thank you for your thoughtful cards and generous gifts which were very touching and most appreciated. I will definitely miss the parishioners of Holy Redeemer and all the […]

In Ernest Hemingway’s short story “Capital of the World,” a Spanish newspaper, El Liberal, carried a poignant story about a father and his son. It went like this. A teen-aged boy, Paco, and his very wealthy father had a falling out, and the young man ran away from home. The father was crushed. After a […]

A little girl had somehow received a bad cut in the soft flesh of her eyelid. The doctor knew that some stitches were needed, but he also knew that because of the location of the cut, he should not use an anesthetic. He talked with the little girl, and he told her what he must […]

An old beggar lay on his deathbed. His last words were to his young son who had been his constant companion during his begging trips. “Dear son,” he said, “I have nothing to give you except a cotton bag and a dirty bronze bowl which I got in my younger days from the junk yard […]