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PREPARE FOR SUNDAY MASS GOSPEL MEDITATION:  Luke 23:35-43  Not long ago, I was called to a hospital to anoint a woman in her early 80s. She was dying, and visibly in pain. But what struck me most...

PREPARE FOR SUNDAY MASS GOSPEL MEDITATION: Luke 21:5-19 When I was a kid growing up in New England, I’d occasionally go on a whale watch. Once we went out with calm waters and clear skies. But on the...

PREPARE FOR SUNDAY MASS GOSPEL MEDITATION: John 2:13-22 When I was 22, I entered St. Peter’s Basilica for the first time. It floored me. I could hardly take it in, its grandeur, majestic arches...

PREPARE FOR SUNDAY MASS GOSPEL MEDITATION - John 6:37-40 I lost my wallet this year. It was such an annoyance to replace everything in it. A friend, moved by sympathy, gave me a beautiful new one...

PREPARE FOR SUNDAY MASS GOSPEL MEDITATION - Luke 18:9-14 Every now and then readers of these reflections write letters in which they object to something. Years ago, this Gospel of Luke 18 prompted...