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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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Pentecost (2025)

This celebration reminds us the Pentecost of the first Christians was a witnessing of the power of the Spirit for the future

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The Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year C)

God doesn’t choose us because of our greatness or our giftedness

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The Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time (2024)

When we open ourselves to God’s grace, we can be healed of that blindness of spirit that sometimes prevents us from following Jesus with freedom and joy

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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 Second of Easter (2024)

“Have you come to believe because you have seen me? Blessed are those who have not seen and have believed.”

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October 28: The Feast of Saints Simon and Jude Thaddeus

Because we do not know many details of the lives of Simon and Jude, we are left to reflect simply on what it means to be an apostle, sent by Christ into the world.