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How is our Lenten Fast Going?

Posted on March 2, 2012 by opreach

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Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed. This world in arms is not spending money alone. It… Continue Reading “How is our Lenten Fast Going?”

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Take Up Your Cross or the Cost of Discipleship

Posted on February 17, 2012 by opreach

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Today’s Gospel reading is from Mark 8 Jesus summoned the crowd with his disciples and said to them, “Whoever wishes to come after me must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me. For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it,… Continue Reading “Take Up Your Cross or the Cost of Discipleship”

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