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Sunday readings

3rd Sunday in Lent: March 23, 2014

March 19, 2014

Only Jesus Christ could get from “give me a drink” to transforming someone’s life in a single conversation. Listen to Fr. Charlie give expression to the deep thirst built into each of us, quenchable only One Way. Click here to link directly to the Sunday readings. Click the Play button below to listen to Fr. […]

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6th Sunday in Ordinary Time: February 16, 2014

February 12, 2014

“If we are to choose Life, we must choose Love.” Fr. Charlie unpacks this incomprehensible certainty that is the Mystery at the heart of following Jesus Christ. Click here to link to the readings for this Sunday. Click the Play button to listen to Fr. Charlie’s reflection. Click here for a transcript of that reflection. […]

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The Feast of the Presentation of the Lord: February 2, 2014

January 29, 2014

Blinding Light. Fathomless Love. Profligate Mercy. The reality of the Incarnation staggers the imagination: our infinite God managing to fit within the confines of finite mortal flesh. Simeon and Anna were up to the task of beholding the yearned-for Anointed One of the Lord in the 40-day old infant presented to them. Click here to […]

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3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time: January 26, 2014

January 22, 2014

We believe in a God of great surprises. In this week’s Gospel, Jesus starts His public ministry in the last place anyone of the time would have expected, reminding us that it’s the people dwelling in darkness who most crave the light. Click here to link to the Sunday readings. Click the Play button below […]

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2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time, Cycle A: January 19, 2014

January 15, 2014

As tempting as it might have been  to dwell in a safe, unsullied “desert of self-interest,” St. John the Baptist just couldn’t do it–thank goodness! Fr. Charlie challenges listeners to emulate that example.  Click here  to link directly to this Sunday’s  readings. Click the Play button below to listen to Fr. Charlie’s reflection on those […]

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Feast of the Baptism of the Lord: January 10, 2016

January 8, 2014

We profess that Jesus was born, lived, died and rose to redeem each one of us. In his reflection on the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord, Fr. Charlie helps listeners understand this truly fundamental truth. Click here for the readings. Click the Play button below to listen to Fr. Charlie’s reflection on those […]

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Solemnity of the Epiphany of the Lord: January 5, 2014

January 2, 2014

How has Jesus manifested Himself in your life recently? Fr. Charlie Gordon draws upon the Solemnity of Epiphany to coax listeners to ponder that question. Click here for the Sunday readings. Click the Play button below to hear Fr. Charlie’s reflection on those readings. Click here for a transcript of the reflection.Epiphany %PODCAST%

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4th Sunday of Advent–Cycle A

December 18, 2013

In breaking open the readings for the 4th Sunday of Advent, Fr. Charlie notes how St. Joseph wrestled with the tensions between following the Law and yielding to Love…and how Love triumphed. Click here to link to the readings for this Sunday. Click the Play button below to hear Fr. Charlie’s reflection on those readings. […]

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2nd Sunday of Advent–Cycle A

December 5, 2013

On the 2nd Sunday of Advent, Fr. Charlie muses that in order to believe the depth of God’s forgiveness, we need to experience it for ourselves. Click here to link to the Sunday readings. Click the Play button below to listen to Fr. Charlie’s reflection on the readings. Click here for a transcript of that […]

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Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe–November 24, 2013

November 22, 2013

Click here to link directly to the readings for this Sunday, the Feast of Christ the King. Click the Play button below to hear Fr. Charlie Gordon’s reflection on those readings. Click the link here for a transcript of that reflection. Christ the King %PODCAST%

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6th Sunday of Easter, Cycle B

May 5, 2021 By Karen Eifler

Wouldn’t it be wonderful if our deepest insights into what is beautiful in other people are evidence that the same beauty dwells somewhere in us? Click here for the Sunday readings, and here for a transcript of Fr. Charlie’s reflection. %PODCAST%

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