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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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14
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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07
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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31
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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24
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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17
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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10
Jul 2016
“The Church Builds and Restores” Archbishop Loren Thomas Hines Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time July 10, 2016 Readings: Deuteronomy 30:9-14, Psalm 25:3-9 Colossians 1:1-14 Luke 10:25-37 The story in today’s Gospel reading is very powerful, but I would remind you that before we could get to the gospel, we have to read the Old Testament in order to learn the principles that God had set from the very beginning. We aren’t separated from the past; the past is an integral part of our lives. There’s a continuity, a progression that we are......
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03
Jul 2016
“We Boast in the Cross” Archbishop Loren Thomas Hines July 3, 2016 Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time Readings: Isaiah 66:10-16, Psalm 66:1-8 Galatians 6:14-18 Luke 10:1-12, 16-20 Ordinary Time is a time when our lives should be reflecting the gifts given to us in Christ. The price that was paid for these gifts is astronomical! The Son gave up His place with the Father to come to us, at our level, so that He may bring us up to His level. Last week, we learned that it was for freedom that Christ......
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26
Jun 2016
“It Was For Freedom That Christ Set Us Free” Archbishop Loren Thomas Hines Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time June 26, 2016 Readings: 1 Kings 19:15-16, 19-21; Psalm 16 Galatians 5:1, 13-25 Luke 9:51-62 Ordinary Time does not mean ordinary according to the standards of the world. We define this season of Ordinary Time according to what Christ has given us. He has set us free! “It was for freedom that Christ set us free; therefore keep standing firm and do not be subject again to a yoke of slavery.” (Galatians 5:1). It......
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