Homilies and Talks – Page 8 – Lay Cistercians of Gethsemani Abbey

+THE TIME CAME FOR HER TO HAVE HER CHILD Midnight Mass 2023 A recent Garfield Cartoon read: “So Santa

+Dear LCG Members and Friends: 22 Dec. 2023 Peace and every blessing this Christmas season! In a letter I sent

Jane
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December 13, 2023

+COME TO ME ALL YOU WHO LABOR Our gospel this morning is especially appropriate for this time of extra labor

Immaculate Conception The absolute sinlessness of Mary was taught for the first time by Pelagius and Augustine which was subsequently

Jane
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December 4, 2023

+ONLY SAY THE WORD AND MY SOUL SHALL BE HEALED At every Eucharist, we repeat the words of the centurion

Thanksgiving Day – 2023 After Abrahan Lincoln declared the first Thanksgiving Day after the close of the Civil War.

I doubt if this feast catches the attention of many of us in a profound manner. Some of us claim

Jane
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November 15, 2023

+WORSHIPING IN SPIRIT AND TRUTH Church Dedication, 15 Nov.’23 Jesus tells us in our gospel that true worshipers will worship

This Feast was instituted in the Eastern Church during the 4th century for the purpose or remembering all the martyrs

Jane
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October 28, 2023

+Mass today for Vocations to the Priestly and Religious life Introduction: We have each been called by God by reason