Message from Fr. Rick
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Third Sunday in Ordinary Time
January 23, 2022
“Today this Scripture passage is fulfilled in your hearing.”
The public ministry of Jesus is filled with dramatic moments like this one. Saint Luke describes Jesus coming into his hometown to make a startling announcement. After quoting from Isaiah’s description of the work of the Messiah, Jesus then goes on to say that He, Himself is that long awaited Messiah. Pointing to His own example as the one who would do the very work of the Messiah: The messenger of glad tidings. To the poor “To proclaim liberty to captives, and recovery of sight to the blind, to let the oppressed go free and to proclaim a year acceptable to the Lord.”
One can only imagine the reaction. Well, we do not have to imagine. St. Luke tells us plainly: It does not go well.
Again we are invited to stand in astonishment at what God is doing in Jesus and to respond to this amazing work of His committing ourselves whole heartedly to join in the great work of salvation in Christ.
Fr. Rick
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Second Sunday in Ordinary Time
January 16, 2022
Our Lord’s first public miracle: The wedding at Cana
“There was a wedding at Cana in Galilee ....” Our Lady, Holy Mary the Mother of Jesus was there. So too Jesus and His disciples were also there. At the intercession of Mary, though His “hour” had not yet come, Jesus works the first of His miracles, St. John’s gospel calls them “signs” clues, if you will. Pointing like any clue to something bigger than itself to spare a couple and their families public embarrassment Jesus reveals not just His Divine power but His Divine Compassion too.
Fr. Rick
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