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  Mon day – 27 th   Week in Ordinary Time Gospel – Luke 10:25-37 Won’t You Be My Neighbor? Old City, Jerusalem I know, we have heard this parable hundreds of times. The Good Samaritan, the last person you’d expect to help actually helps.   And we are expected to do the same.   To act out of love and mercy and compassion.   OK, got it, heard it before, I got the message.   Let’s move on. But what if?   Turn things around!   What if you were the victim?   At some point in our lives, many of us have unfortunately been a victim; maybe we were robbed or beat up, cheated, betrayed or abandoned, or worse.   Would it really matter?   Would it make a difference?   Would their gender, religion, age, race, ethnicity or economic status matter?   Would you want to check their wallet for their ID?   Or their credit rating?   Do they have a college degree?   Would you really ever refuse their offer of kindness and...
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  27 th Sunday in Ordinary Time   - revisited Gospel – Matthew 21:33-43 Kill the Messenger? Synagogue Church, Nazareth   An oldie but a good one! A farmer had some puppies he needed to sell. He painted a sign advertising the 4 pups, and set about nailing it to a post on the edge of his yard.   As he was driving the last nail into the post, he felt tug on his overalls. He looked down into the eyes of a little boy.   “Mister,” he said, “I want to buy one of your puppies.”   “Well,” said the farmer, as he rubbed the sweat off the back of his neck, “these puppies come from fine parents and cost a good deal of money.” The boy dropped his head for a moment. Then reaching deep into his pocket, he pulled out a handful of change and held it up to the farmer. “I’ve got thirty-nine cents. Is that enough to take a look?”   “Sure,” said the farmer. And with that he let out a whistle. “Here Dolly!” he called. Out from the doghouse and down ramp ran Do...
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  Satur day – 26 th Week in Ordinary Time Gospel – Luke 10:17-24 Praise and Thanksgiving Mass, Basilica of Annunciation, Nazareth You remember coming home with a great report card?   I mean GREAT!   And you were so excited you just couldn’t contain your excitement; you couldn’t wait to get home and show it off!   How proud you were and how proud you hoped your parents would be! So in today’s Gospel, the 72 disciples return to Jesus with a progress report!   And they are beyond happy! Look at what we did!   Listen to all that we accomplished!   Even demons responded to us!   I’m almost waiting for them to break out in song: “We are the Champions!” So Jesus feels the need to bring them back down to earth a bit.   It’s not about YOU!   Do not focus on what YOU have done but why it happened and how it happened!   None of this is possible without the Father in Heaven.   It is only through Him that you are able to accompli...
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