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Why was Jesus baptized?
A very good question you may have never asked: Why would Jesus Christ, who from conception to death was free of sin, accept being baptized by St. John the Baptist in the Jordan River?
Dance into the fire!
No one will be lost who comes to the fire of this divine Love that burns away all that is deceiving us,
We look forward
As we move together into the holiday (and Holy Day) season, it’s only human that our minds and hearts drift into reveries of Thanksgivings, Christmases and New Years past, memories of “the way we were.”
Our faith prevails: Time to give thanks
Fear is one of the most primitive — and paralyzing — of reactions to perceived danger.
Who is worthy?
Who is worthy of Jesus Christ? Who is worthy to receive him in Holy Communion?
Creation renewed
Blame these days seems to be the name of the game. With the intensity of the political season reaching its climax in a few days, we can imagine any number of fingers gesticulating to express assorted angers and displeasures, but none perhaps so prominently as the index finger, the one …
Friending God
God desires our hearts, desires our friendship, desires our love. God wants to be our friend. As much as we need God’s friendship, God desperately seems to want ours.
Jesus, our Healer
The Church, to remain true to its divine commission, must seek out the lost, abandoned and abused.
Mission! A Christian identity thing
To be a disciple of Christ is to be on mission. It is what is known as “the Great Commission.”
Faith or fear?
Rejected! One of the most traumatizing verdicts in the English language. Who has not feared or felt it? I didn’t make the team. They put me on the waiting list. I got fired. My spouse is divorcing me. No one calls. It happens to everyone.
Whose Church?
When you think of “the” Church, what image comes to mind? A place you go to pray in? Where you go — or used to go — to Mass?
Questions of identity
The pain and suffering of people, and their friends and families, who experience forms of depression and dysphoria can become a burden so overwhelming that life itself seems unlivable.
The courage to think
None of us likes being told that certain things we would like to do we cannot do — typically because they are illegal, immoral or just bad nutrition.
Saint alive!
We are not just “the” church, but the very body of Christ, in a real, if mystical way. So, if Christ is holy, then how can we not be?
Saints alive!
As most residents of Albany know, we do have many Saints among us
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