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Fr Sellery presents This Weeks Focus

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This Week's Focus - brief reflections on upcoming Revised Lectionary Texts as used for daily & weekly, seasonal worship by many Christian denominations.

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Jesus may really have gone too far this time. He's been reaching out to tax collectors, prostitutes, lepers, even Samaritans. But in this week's gospel, it looks like Christ is stretching the limits of tolerance… well beyond the breaking... more
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Like their view of the world, the art of the Middle Ages was flat. The Bayeux Tapestry, the windows of Notre Dame, the early Giotto's… they are lovely. But they are flat. Their renderings have height and width, but they lack... more
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This week our Easter joy climaxes in the glory of the Ascension and the triumph of Pentecost. The risen Christ has returned to the Father. But we are not abandoned. We are empowered. We are commissioned. We are inspired. And... more
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This gospel is Christ's last prayer before his Passion. And what does he pray for? Not for himself. Not even just for his friends. He prays for you and for me, for: those who will believe in (him.) He does not pray for a laundry list of... more
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When we flip a switch and light fills a room, few, if any of us, contemplate the awesome, unseen power of electrons coursing through filaments to produce that light. We don't give a thought to the massive power grid of transformers, cables... more
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Loving Jesus is the easy part. Loving each other: that's the hard part. That's because Jesus doesn't cut you off on I-95 or beat you into the last parking space. Jesus doesn't lose the remote or snore. He doesn't borrow money and never pay... more
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Just in case you're still confused about exactly who Jesus is, he connects all the dots for us in this brief passage from John. His questioners want to know if he is the Messiah. And Jesus takes their inquiry and hits it out of the park,... more
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In this week's gospel, Christ's time on earth is rapidly running out. He has so much to do and so little time to do it. He knows that he's leaving many extraordinary things to be done by a just a few, very ordinary people. And what... more
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In this morning's gospel Thomas wants proof. And who can blame him. Things had been going so well. Just a few days ago, Jesus had entered Jerusalem. And Thomas found himself swept along in the entourage of a super-star. Then... more
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Alleluia! He is risen! But wait a minute…Where are the angels to announce his Resurrection…Where is the dazzling white light to punctuate the miracle? Matthew, Mark and Luke, all give us lights and angels. But John only gives us... more
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