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Mar 2024
March 24, 2024 Readings: Isaiah 45: 21-25 Philippians 2: 5-11 Mark 14: 32-72 Palm Sunday 2024 Traditionally, when we approach Easter, we normally focus on the sadness, difficulties and tragic events leading to Easter. We should really focus on the victories and this is not to say the events leading to Easter are not important for these are avenues leading to this most triumphant event but our attention should be on the grace and mercy given to us. Christ knew that the hour was coming. He wanted to communicate with the Father.......
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Mar 2024
March 17, 2024 Readings: Jeremiah 31:31-34 Hebrews 5:5-10 John 12:20-23 5th Sunday of Lent 2024 – Abp.Hines In the recordings of the life of Christ, we are now coming to a completion of the purpose of God the Father to His Son. To the Jews, the Feast of the Passover was so important that it should never be forgotten. For us, it should be significant because the Passover signifies that we have been saved by the Blood of Christ, a mark that the enemy cannot touch us. As Jesus and His disciples......
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04
Mar 2024
March 3, 2024 Readings: Exodus 20:1-17 Romans 7:13-25 John 2:13-22 3rd Sunday of Lent 2024 The Season of Lent should challenge us to face Christ and bring honor and glory to Him. Malachi 3:2 “But who can endure the day of his coming? Who can stand when he appears? For he will be like a refiner’s fire or a launderer’s soap.” The awesomeness of Christ shows us His power and ability. In Jewish tradition, it was an obligation for every male Jew who live within 15 miles of Jerusalem to attend the......
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Mar 2017
“God Looks At The Heart” Archbishop Loren Thomas Hines Fourth Sunday of Lent March 26, 2017 Readings: 1 Samuel 16:1-13, Psalm 23 Ephesians 5:1-14 John 9:1-13, 28-38 The Scripture we read today seem to be a little strange. God speaks to us in His Word, yet sometimes when we read Scriptures, we don’t fully comprehend what He’s telling us and we don’t get the fullness of His message. In today’s Gospel, we read about Jesus healing a blind man, restoring his sight. What does this have to do with His crucifixion, with......
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05
Sep 2016
“As He Is, So Are We In This World” Archbishop Loren Thomas Hines Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time September 4, 2016 Readings: Deuteronomy 30:15-20, Psalm 1 Philemon 1-20 Luke 14:25-33 The beauty of our God is He doesn’t change. If you want to know His will and purpose, go back to the very beginning of creation. His will and purpose have not changed. It is still His will for us today. It is we who have changed, and not God. Most of us have moved far away from Him and His ways.......
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Aug 2016
“The Fire That Purifies” Archbishop Loren Thomas Hines Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time August 14, 2016 Readings: Jeremiah 23:23-29, Psalm 82 Hebrews 12:1-14 Luke 12:49-56 Today we remember the favor that God has placed upon us – the grace and ability to bring forth the Catholic Congregation of St. John, Preparer of the Way, to do its work of preparing the way. This is our role – to teach the truth and by our own lives challenge the people to live out what God has given us. We should prove it when......
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Aug 2016
“Faith Brings What We Hope For Into Our Lives” Archbishop Loren Thomas Hines Twelfth Sunday of Ordinary Time August 7, 2016 Readings: Genesis 15:1-6, Psalm 33 Hebrews 11:1-16 Luke 12:32-40 As we look at Ordinary Time, we are challenged to believe that what God has done is real. What He did in Christ impacts our lives. We read and know Scriptures, yet questions and doubts still hound us. We don’t believe what God says in His Word. We have a difficult time accepting what we read in Scriptures. Christ came for two......
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Jul 2016
“Living Our Lives For God And Others” Archbishop Loren Thomas Hines Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time July 31, 2016 Readings: Ecclesiastes 1:12-14, 2:18-23; Psalm 49:1-11 Colossians 3:5-17 Luke 12:13-21 The instructions from God’s Word seem simple, but they are not easy to live out. We have set standards for what we consider as success – standards based on how we’ve progressed in life and how much we’ve gained materially – but these things pass away because we put our trust in our works rather than in what God has done in our......
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Jul 2016
“Keep Asking, Seeking and Knocking” Archbishop Loren Thomas Hines Tenth Sunday in Ordinary Time July 24, 2016 Readings: Genesis 18:20-33, Psalm 138 Colossians 2:6-15 Luke 11:1-13 The things that I’ve been sharing with you for your information and understanding, especially in this season of Ordinary Time, are things that God has already provided. What we need to do is to believe that these are already ours because most of the time, we are ruled by our circumstances and fail to realize what we’ve been given. Today’s lessons talk about prayer and the......
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Jul 2016
“Christ, the Hope of Glory, Is In Us” Archbishop Loren Thomas Hines Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time July 17, 2016 Readings: Genesis 18:1-14, Psalm 15 Colossians 1:21-29 Luke 10:38-42 Today we are challenged and encouraged to realize how blessed we are as God’s people because we have been given everything pertaining to life and godliness. Psalm 15 speaks of a principle that we must be careful to live out: “O Lord, who may abide in Your tent? Who may dwell on Your holy hill? He who walks with integrity, and works righteousness,......
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