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October 16, 2025October 16, 2025

From Abel to Zechariah

How does the blood of Abel to Zechariah lead us back to God to accept the redemption offered by Christ?… Read the rest

August 25, 2025August 16, 2025

Christ Unlocks the Kingdom

Photo of snail and echinacea purpurea with the Shalom Snail couplet beneath. — “Christ Unlocks the Kingdom”
Matthew 23:13-22 “in a snailshell”
Monday of the Twenty-First Week in Ordinary Time
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“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites. You lock the kingdom of heaven before human beings. You do not enter yourselves, nor do you allow entrance to those trying to enter.

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September 9, 2024September 8, 2024

To Save Life or to Destroy It?

On another sabbath he went into the synagogue and taught, and there was a man there whose right hand was withered.

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July 23, 2024July 24, 2024

We’re All Family in Christ

While Jesus was speaking to the crowds, his mother and his brothers appeared outside, wishing to speak with him.

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Thank you for your beautiful reflection, Ellen!

Willingly I respond, Initiated, I receive, Impelled, I go, Guided, I humbly follow. I do so only through the Holy…

Amen! Blessed Easter to you and your family, Ellen!

At the table of the Lord I am fed, Growing stronger by grace. Quenching my thirsty soul. Through the valley…

Merciful is he who sows Lavishly on friends and foes.