Daily Archives: May 31, 2011

Feast of the Visitation

Homily for May 31, Feast of the Visitation Mary, the mother of Jesus, is truly an extraordinary woman. When the angel Gabriel tells her she is to become the mother of the Messiah, she doesn’t do what most of us … Continue reading

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Offering Mass for those who offered their lives

Homily for Memorial Day Mass in a cemetery Roughly thirty years after St Patrick’s Parish was founded, our nation was caught up in the turmoil and suffering of a terrible Civil War. Many towns, faced with unprecedented numbers of war … Continue reading

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