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2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time - 2025 - Fr Ralph's Homily
- Last week, I told you that we would hear about the Second Luminous Mystery in today’s Gospel, and here it is: the Wedding at Cana.
  You know, you gotta love this guy, Jesus. I mean, If you were God and were going to manifest your glory, How would you do it? Just think of all of the wonderful things you could do.
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Feast of the Baptism of the Lord - 2025 - Fr Ralph's Homily
- Each year we begin Advent with the message of John the Baptist—Prepare the Way of the Lord. And Advent is the time of repentance, to cleanse ourselves that we may be worthy to receive Christ in the manger at Christmas.
  Now, here we are closing the Christmas season by
  
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Feast of the Epiphany - 2025 - Fr Ralph's Homily
- Today, we celebrate the Feast of the Epiphany. But what is an epiphany? It is defined as “A manifestation of a divine or supernatural being.” And considering that Jesus is the Son of God, He qualifies. His appearance on Earth, The Divine Eternal Word becoming man, born of a woman, is an Epiphany.
  
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Feast of the Holy Family 2024 - Fr Ralph's Homily
- I don’t know about your mother, but if I would have responded to my
  Mom, who just found me at the age of 12 after missing for three days without
  telling her, as nonchalantly as Jesus did…. I probably would have been thrown
  halfway across the Temple by the back of her hand. And something
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Christmas 2024 - Fr Ralph's Homily
- On behalf of the staff here at St. Mary’s, I wish you all a very Merry and Blessed Christmas. May it be joyful and prayerful. May it bring you Peace.
  Our Gospel today is probably the most famous Maternity Ward story ever. It’s been re-enacted an infinite number of times. We had our own Nativity play here at St. Mary’s on Saturday.
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4th Sunday of Advent- Fr Ralph's Homily
- Well, it’s REALLY CLOSE now. When we light all of the candles on the Advent Wreath, we know that we are only days, literally hours away from Christmas. If you haven’t gotten your card in the mail by now… It’s TOO late. And if you haven’t done your shopping by now, you can’t do the easy online purchasing by clicking—To read more, CLICK here
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3rd Sunday of Advent- Fr Ralph's Homily
- Zephaniah was written over 600 years before Christ. It was even before the Babylonian Exile. But it was a time of Jewish religious laxity. The Law of Moses was being abandoned and Idolatry was on the rise. So, Zephaniah speaks of God’s wrath reeking down upon Jerusalem, followed by judgment…. But he promised Salvation for those who have remained loyal to Yahweh. What we hear today is the beginning of Joyful Praise for the loyal remnant that is Restored.
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2nd Sunday of Advent- Deacon Anselm's Homily
- What a joy it is to be together with all of you during this Advent season in prayer and worship! Advent is a unique time; it’s the season that has some of my favorite music. It’s a time that has at its heart a kind of tip-toe expectation, desire, and hope that the world finally has the ultimate capacity for peace, harmony, and justice.
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1st Sunday of Advent- Fr Ralph's Homily
- Today’s readings revolve around a common theme: Hope through tribulation.
  In the Gospel, we get one last Apocalyptic account from St. Luke. For weeks now, we’ve been talking about the end of time. Jesus also talks about the usual signs in the sun, the moon, and the stars, the roaring seas, and the very powers of the heavens being shaken. And then they will see…..
  
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Solemnity of Christ the King - Fr Ralph's Homily
- It seems appropriate that as we come to the end of the Liturgical year, we get a gospel Reading form the end of Jesus’s life here on earth. It does seem ironic that last week we talked about how Jesus would be the judge of all the living and the dead, but today, we tune into his trial before Pilate on Good Friday. We know the story well. We hear it twice each year, on Good Friday and Palm...
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