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September 14, 2025 - The Exaltation of the Holy Cross  Welcome everybody - today we will read from pages  120 and 121  on the feast of the exaltation of the Holy Cross - the symbol of our salvation as also the call to discipleship. - Bishop Barron : most vile symbol of torture and cruelty in the Roman Empire  - Suffering is the way of discipleship but  yoke to Christ  Let's take a moment to say a silent prayer for the victims of 9/11 and all the senseless wars and violence all over the world - there are no winners, only losers. And sadness on the part of God for the havoc mankind is wreaking on his creation. Opening Prayer In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. Heavenly Father, We thank You for gathering us here in Your name. As we open Your Holy Word, we ask You to send forth Your Holy Spirit to be among us. Open our hearts to receive Your truth. Open our minds to understand Your message. Open our lips to speak words of l...

  2024-Mar-24: Palm Sunday of the Passion of Our Lord Isaiah 50:4-7 Isaiah 50:4-9a is part of the third of four “Servant Songs” in Isaiah 40-55 (a section of the book commonly called Second Isaiah). We can see that the servant of God fits into a familiar pattern, as that of many messengers of God who suffer in their mission - they are given words to hearten the disheartened when their ears were open to hearing the voice of God but their message was not well received.  Instead they faced ridicule and abuse from the people. Through it all the messenger of God has to persist in his mission to the very end knowing that the hand of the Lord is with him, he has nothing to fear. Source: https://www.workingpreacher.org/commentaries/revised-common-lectionary/sunday-of-the-passion-palm-sunday/commentary-on-isaiah-504-9a-17 Philippians 2:6-11 The name Jesus, of course, is the Greek version of the Hebrew name Joshua, which means “he saves.” Christ Jesus “emptied himself" means while both ...