Daily Reflections
The first week of the year is a glorious time for North America, in that we celebrate three feast days in a row. Yesterday we feted St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, the first U.S.-born person to be canonized. Tomorrow we remember St. Andre Bessett, the great Canadian Holy Cross brother. Today…
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Happy New Year to all of the Gratia Vobis Ministries reflection readers, and Grace to You. When I was growing up, we took yearly trips from our family home to my grandparents’ homes in the Cleveland, Ohio, USA area. Depending on where we lived at the time, the trip would…
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On this feast of Epiphany, I reflect on the kind of people to whom God is made manifest. Epiphany is about the revelation of Christ beyond the shores of Bethlehem and Jerusalem to the whole world. The Church in the east call it the feast of theophany (manifestation of God).…
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A man at the wheel was far beyond the speed limit. His was one of those times you momentarily forget, and the speedometer goes off the chart. Revolving lights seen in the rear mirror, plus the siren, was abrupt notice that he was in the cop’s net. The countenance of…
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Have you ever been in a situation where you found it really hard to tell the truth or a situation where falsehood appeared to be more appealing than standing by the truth? The tendency not to tell the whole truth at all times will always arise in our lives but…
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Happy New Year! I am grateful for the gift of life and the New Year. My prayer is that this New Year will be more blessed than the previous one. Amen. If I may ask, what are your plans for this New Year? Any New Year resolutions? Honestly, I gave…
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Yeehaw!!! Finally, the year 2020 is set to pack and go. It has been an unusual and challenging year with natural disasters, global pandemic, social and political unrest. Whatever has a beginning must also have an end. As the year comes to an end, St. John in today’s first reading…
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The liturgical season of waiting has passed. Advent has ended. Emmanuel – God the Son is with us! Where do we go from here? Reflect on Anna, the prophetess—”the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher. She was advanced in years, having lived seven years with her husband after…
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The scene The stage is set and in today’s Gospel we see a drama acted out that will shift our focus and change our view of the little family who we follow, as they move into the great arena of the Temple of Jerusalem. As the scene opens they appear…
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We are within the Octave of the Nativity of the Lord. A few days ago, we celebrated the entrance of Christ, “the light of the world,” into our history. Christ is born to fulfill God’s plan of salvation, by which He invites us to come out of the darkness of…
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