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Palm Sunday: April 11/12 2025
Today, more than ever, I wanted to say in the opening greeting: Dear friends in Christ, for 5 SHORT weeks, we have been preparing to...
Fr. Matthew Brumleve
Apr 142 min read
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Lent: April 5/6 2025
It was a phrase first used by Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel. He used it to describe how easily the Israelites forgot how God freed...
Fr. Matthew Brumleve
Apr 94 min read
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Baptism of the Lord: Jan. 11/12, 2025
Who is faster than a speeding bullet, more powerful than a locomotive – and able to leap tall buildings with single bound? Superman -...
Fr. Matthew Brumleve
Jan 224 min read
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1 Advent: Nov. 30/Dec. 1, 2024
Why does a teenage boy, given to one word answers and careless dress, suddenly become concerned about his appearance and sound a bit more...
Fr. Matthew Brumleve
Dec 5, 20244 min read
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Thanksgiving: 28 November 2024
So just a little light humor before we get serious: A man named John received a parrot, named CHIEF, as a gift. The parrot had a bad...
Fr. Matthew Brumleve
Nov 28, 20242 min read
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Christ the King: 23/24 November 2024
When Pope Pius XI instituted this feast of Christ the King for the universal Church in 1925 - Christians in many parts of the world were...
Fr. Matthew Brumleve
Nov 24, 20243 min read
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32nd Ordinary Time: November 9 / 10
11/10/2024 Two widows - the most vulnerable people in a patriarchal society. And they should humble us. A starving mother...
Fr. Matthew Brumleve
Nov 12, 20242 min read
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31st Sunday Ordinary Time November 2 & 3, 2024
To peak your interest – and to catch your attention--- our school's spring musical will be Fiddler on the Roof -- so stay tuned -- and...
Fr. Matthew Brumleve
Nov 7, 20242 min read
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28 Ordinary: October 12/13, 2024
My name is Plutus – I was named after the Greek God of wealth – because that’s what I was, “filthy rich” as you say in your day. I...
Fr. Matthew Brumleve
Oct 13, 20244 min read
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28 Ordinary: October 12/13, 2024
Baptist pastor and sociologist, Tony Campolo, gives marriage seminars across the country. In his book, Let me tell you a story, he...
Fr. Matthew Brumleve
Oct 13, 20245 min read
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26 Ordinary: September 28/29, 2024
There are a few sayings that help us get through life that we should remind ourselves of from time to time. Sayings like: “charity...
Fr. Matthew Brumleve
Sep 29, 20243 min read
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24 Ordinary: September 14/15, 2024
At the recent Eucharistic Congress in Indianapolis, Catholic speaker Paul Kim began his talk to teenagers with what he said-- were the...
Fr. Matthew Brumleve
Sep 15, 20244 min read
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23rd Ordinary: September 7/8, 2024
So mild-mannered Fr. Mike Clary got you eased back into St. Mark’s Gospel last week – and here we will remain until the beginning of...
Fr. Matthew Brumleve
Sep 8, 20244 min read
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August 2024 - Homilies
20 Ordinary: August 17/18, 2024 Throughout our reading of St. John’s Gospel over the last three weeks – Jesus has said over and over...
Fr. Matthew Brumleve
Aug 11, 202410 min read
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July 2024 - Homilies
16 Ordinary: July 20/21, 2024 So our guest speaker, Douglas, reminded us last week that we are chosen by God to leave this place and...
Fr. Matthew Brumleve
Jul 21, 202410 min read
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June 2024 - Homilies
13 Ordinary: June 29/30, 2024 It is good to be back. I love to travel and visiting Ireland and Scotland was great – But I do have...
Fr. Matthew Brumleve
Jun 16, 202414 min read
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May 2024 - Homilies
Memorial Day Mass at Resurrection Cemetery: May 27, 2024 Memorial Day was originally known as Decoration Day and it was established to...
Fr. Matthew Brumleve
May 19, 202410 min read
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April 2024 - Homilies
5th Sunday of Easter: April 27/28, 2024 I checked in with Douglas – and like last weekend – he has other commitments – so you’re stuck...
Fr. Matthew Brumleve
Apr 14, 202412 min read
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March 2024 - Homilies
Passion Sunday: March 23/24, 2024 On Ash Wednesday, we started this season of Lent with a question and then a statement. In case...
Fr. Matthew Brumleve
Mar 17, 20245 min read
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February 2024 - Homilies
1 Lent: February 17/18, 2024 Change our hearts this time, your word says it can be. Change our minds, this time, your life can be make...
Fr. Matthew Brumleve
Feb 18, 20245 min read
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