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Fr. Agapito
- 6 days ago
- 4 min
The Humility of Those Who have once Refused God
Accept me today as a partaker of Your Mystical Supper, O Son of God”
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Brother Seraphim
- Nov 3
- 3 min
Jesus: Shaking the Disciples by the Shoulders
I’m sorry, Lord, that we can be so very slow to change.
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Fr. Agapito
- Oct 30
- 4 min
Jesus at Home with Us
We ask "Who is Jesus?"
Jesus asks "Who are you?"
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Brother Seraphim
- Oct 6
- 3 min
Despite the mess, how very blessed we are! (A reflection on the Papacy)
Jesus guaranteed a few things, but not comfort and tidiness...
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Brother Seraphim
- Sep 16
- 3 min
Be Prepared
It’s not a small event, feeding thousands of people with a few loaves, and doing it at least twice surely had a purpose.
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Fr. Agapito
- Aug 23
- 4 min
She Stands Between God and the Whole Human Race
A Marian Reflection on The Feast of the Dormition
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Brother Seraphim
- Aug 22
- 3 min
The life, or the sovereignty, of the land, is perpetuated in pono.
So what is Pono?
(Photo by Master Sgt. Andrew Jackson)
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Brother Seraphim
- Aug 21
- 3 min
Evil Can Make you Blind to Evil
It's a good reason to avoid evil in the first place
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Fr. Agapito
- Jul 31
- 4 min
How Solid is the Construction of Your Temple?
Our true master and father gives his own Body and Blood as food and drink all the time; O impenetrable goodness, O unsurpassable gift!
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Brother Seraphim
- Jul 28
- 3 min
Pushy Mothers and Being the Servant of All
Homily 2023-07-27 Mt 20,17-28 It’s not so clear whose idea it was, to position the sons of Zebedee for high positions in the expected...
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Brother Seraphim
- Jul 18
- 4 min
Other Options for the "Sign of Jonah"
"'Red sky at night, sailors’ delight; red sky in morning, sailors take warning.'
-Jesus"
-Shakespeare
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Fr. Agapito
- Jul 17
- 4 min
Jesus, look at our handicaps!
Only believe that the distress caused by your handicaps is a door
by which the treasures of my love can be poured into your lives and throug
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Brother Seraphim
- Jul 4
- 3 min
The Difference Between Declaring Independence, and GETTING It.
Homily for Mtt.13:24-30 "Let the weeds and the wheat grow together." As we celebrate the Declaration of Independence proclaimed by the...
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Monks
- Jun 20
- 3 min
Christ is Risen! Why Aren't You Dancing!?
a reflection on Matt 11:16-20 (We piped for you and you did not dance...) Glory to Jesus Christ! I spent way too long last night trying...
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Brother Seraphim
- Jun 9
- 4 min
"Rugged" AND "Full of Curds"
Homily 2nd Thursday After Pentecost, 2023-Jun 8, Mtt.8:23-27 (Jesus calms the storm) I would highly recommend an article written by...
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Brother Seraphim
- May 29
- 3 min
The 4 Adventures of John the Baptist's Head
Homily for 2023-05-25 7th Paschal Fri 3rdFinding of Head of St John Baptist Today we celebrate the Third Finding of the Head of St. John...
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Brother Seraphim
- May 22
- 3 min
Only this Lifetime. All of this Lifetime.
A reflection on Acts 17:1-15 (Paul Facing Persecution) Christ is Risen! There have been many martyrs for Christ down through the ages,...
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Fr. Agapito
- May 15
- 3 min
The Identity Jesus Gave Me
5th pascal sunday Acts 16.16-34 John 9.1-41 (The Man Born Blind) Christ is risen. Christos voskress. Even though we are all, or almost...
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Fr. Agapito
- May 2
- 3 min
Do You Want to Be Healed?
4th Pascal Sunday of the Paralytic Acts 9.32-42 Jn 5.1-17 Christ is risen. I suppose that you have listened attentively to today’s...
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