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Fr. Angelo Geiger Griswold, CT Homily

February 26, 2017

Feb 26 – Homily – Fr Angelo: Pray, Hope, and Don’t Worry

The poem "Lead, Kindly Light" by Cardinal Newman was written at a moment of crisis and expressed a serene trust in God. Today's gospel expresses this hope that God will take care…

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Fr. Jacinto Griswold, CT Homily

March 4, 2017

Mar 04 – Homily – Fr Jacinto: Not the Healthy but the Sick

Jesus came not to heal the healthy, but to sick; not to call the righteous, but sinners. These consoling words from today's Gospel reading apply to us who are deathly sick and…

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Fr. Dominic Murphy Griswold, CT Homily

March 5, 2017

Mar 05 – Homily – Fr Dominic: Be A Fighter

Today's theme is temptation, and we have an example of Jesus fighting temptation and Eve given in to it. Temptation has three steps - external tempting, internal delight, and consent. Jesus fought…

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Fr. Dominic Murphy Griswold, CT Homily

March 11, 2017

Mar 11 – Homily – Fr Dominic: Radical Charity

Love your enemies. This is Divine, Jesus is telling us to love others the way God loves them. This is perfection, the ultimate perfection is to love you enemies as they crucify…

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Fr. Jacinto Griswold, CT Homily

March 12, 2017

Mar 12 – Homily – Fr Jacinto: Journey From Tabor to Calvary

The Second Sunday of Lent is called Transfiguration Sunday because the Gospel reading is the account of this mystery. But why have this at beginning of Lent? It is a great source…

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Fr. Jacinto Griswold, CT Homily

March 19, 2017

Mar 19 – Homily – Fr Jacinto: Living Thirsts

On the Third Sunday of Lent, the readings focus on water and thirst on human and spiritual levels. These readings are directed towards those preparing for baptism, and invite us to renew…

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Fr. Jacinto Griswold, CT Homily

April 2, 2017

Apr 02 – Homily – Fr Jacinto: We are Lazarus

On the fifth Sunday of Lent, it is customary in many places to veil the sacred images in order to focus all our attention on Jesus and His upcoming death and resurrection.…

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Fr. Jacinto Griswold, CT Homily

April 8, 2017

Apr 08 – Homily – Fr Jacinto: A Sign of Contradiction

Simeon prophesied that Jesus would be a sign of contradiction, and we see that in today's Gospel. The raising of Lazarus lead some to believe in Him, but others to harden their…

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Fr. Jacinto Griswold, CT Homily

April 9, 2017

Apr 09 – Homily – Fr Jacinto: Holy Week Homework

This week we remember the week that was the culmination of human history, and changed the world forever. Through the liturgy, we are brought into contact with these events and enabled to…

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Fr. Dominic Murphy Griswold, CT Homily

April 16, 2017

Apr 16 – Homily – Fr Dominic: Easter Sunday 2017

Father Dominic gives the Easter Sunday homily at Our Lady of Guadalupe Shrine in Griswold, CT. Ave Maria! Mass: Easter Sunday (Opt 1) - Solemnity Readings: 1st: act 10:34, 37-43 Resp: psa…

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Fr. Jacinto Griswold, CT Homily

April 22, 2017

Apr 22 – Homily – Fr Jacinto: Impossible!

In today's Gospel, Jesus rebukes the disciples for their slowness to believe. But their doubt and weakness is our certainty and strength. For the proofs Jesus offered the disciples ground our faith…

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Fr. Jacinto Griswold, CT Homily

April 23, 2017

Apr 23 – Homily – Fr Jacinto: To Live Divine Mercy, FINCH and ABC

In the Gospel reading, we see two appearances of Jesus to the disciples, first without Thomas, who doubted when he was told that Jesus was risen, and then while Thomas was there,…

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Fr. Angelo Geiger Griswold, CT Homily

May 21, 2017

May 21 – Homily – Fr Angelo: We are Not Orphans, But Witnesses

Today's Gospel links love and obedience, and this is fingernails on chalkboard, Fr. Angelo tells us, to the modern world enamoured with rights without obligations and love without commitment. The words of…

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Fr. Angelo Geiger Griswold, CT Homily

May 27, 2017

May 27 – Homily – Fr Angelo: Jesus Tells It Plainly

In today's Gospel, Jesus is speaking with His disciples, His 'inner circle,' at the Last Supper. He tells them that He is about to stop speaking in parables and tell them clearly…

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Fr. Dominic Murphy Griswold, CT Homily

May 28, 2017

May 28 – Homily – Fr Dominic: A Particularly Christian Paradox

Jesus tells us to be in the world but not of the world. Other religions are completely of this world (paganism, deism), project this world into the higher reality (Islam), or reject…

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