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CARRYING the CROSS: SUFFERING, SICKNESS, and SACRIFICE

March 20, 2019 Fr. Jonah Pollock, O.P. Leave a comment

“If anyone wishes to come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me”…

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Posted in: Faith Filed under: Catholic liturgy, Scripture, Suffering

LET US GO to BETHLEHEM to SEE

December 27, 2018 Fr. Jonah Pollock, O.P. Leave a comment

We are all familiar with the manger scene. Mary and Joseph kneel by the baby Jesus in the manger with…

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Posted in: Faith Filed under: Catholic liturgy, Christmas, Scripture

“GAUDETE!” ADVENT REJOICING in the MIDST of SORROW

December 16, 2018 Fr. Jonah Pollock, O.P. Leave a comment

The season of Advent, and Gaudete Sunday in particular, invites us to rejoice. In Year C, our readings on Gaudete…

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Posted in: Faith Filed under: Advent, Catholic liturgy, Hope, Scripture

THE HEALING POWER of the CROSS

September 16, 2018 Fr. Jonah Pollock, O.P. 1 Comment

“The message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it…

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Posted in: Faith Filed under: Catholic liturgy, Scripture, Spirituality

REDEMPTIVE SUFFERING: JESUS’ PASSION and OUR PASSOIN

April 1, 2018 Fr. Jonah Pollock, O.P. Leave a comment

Every year we celebrate Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion. We hear the account of the Lord’s Passion from one…

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Posted in: Faith Filed under: Catholic liturgy, Scripture, Spirituality, Suffering

HOME for CHRISTMAS in the FAMILY of GOD

December 24, 2017 Fr. Jonah Pollock, O.P. Leave a comment

Everybody wants to be home for Christmas. Everybody wants to spend Christmas with family. But some people can’t be home…

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Posted in: Faith Filed under: Catholic liturgy, Christmas, Human dignity, Scripture, Trust in God

CRIPPLED by ILLNESS; RUNNING to MEET the LORD

December 3, 2017 Fr. Jonah Pollock, O.P. Leave a comment

The patients I encounter in my health care ministry are not, for the most part, runners. Many of them can…

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Posted in: Faith Filed under: Advent, Catholic liturgy, Human dignity, Prayer, Scripture, Suffering

THE SAINTS of HEALTH CARE

November 12, 2017 Fr. Jonah Pollock, O.P. 2 Comments

Every year on the first of November, the Church celebrates the Solemnity of All Saints, the great commemoration of all…

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Posted in: Faith, Healthcare Filed under: Catholic liturgy

HEALTH CARE and the HOLY SPIRIT

June 4, 2017 Fr. Jonah Pollock, O.P. Leave a comment

Every year at Pentecost the Church commemorates the outpouring of the Holy Spirit upon the apostles and the Blessed Virgin…

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Posted in: Faith Filed under: Catholic liturgy, Church teaching, Scripture

O HAPPY FAULT!

April 16, 2017 Fr. Jonah Pollock, O.P. Leave a comment

On Easter Sunday the Church is full of rejoicing! That rejoicing is expressed in many ways, but never more beautifully…

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Posted in: Faith Filed under: Catholic liturgy, Scripture

SUFFERING with JESUS who SUFFERED for US

April 9, 2017 Fr. Jonah Pollock, O.P. Leave a comment

Throughout our lives, and most especially in the season of Lent, the Church invites us to reflect upon and more…

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Posted in: Faith Filed under: Catholic liturgy, Scripture, Suffering

LENTEN PENANCE: SUFFERING in UNION with CHRIST

March 5, 2017 Fr. Jonah Pollock, O.P. Leave a comment

Throughout the forty days of Lent, the Church invites us to practice penance by praying, fasting, and giving alms. As…

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Posted in: Faith Filed under: Catholic liturgy, Church teaching, Ministry, Prayer, Scripture

SHARING the CHRISTMAS GIFT

December 25, 2016 Fr. Jonah Pollock, O.P. Leave a comment

Christmas is a time of giving. It is the celebration of the greatest gift of all: Our Lord Jesus Christ,…

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Posted in: Faith Filed under: Catholic liturgy, Christmas, Ministry, Scripture, Spirituality

FACING ILLNESS and DARING to HOPE

November 27, 2016 Fr. Jonah Pollock, O.P. Leave a comment

For he assumed at his first coming the lowliness of human flesh, and so fulfilled the design you formed long…

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Posted in: Faith Filed under: Advent, Catholic liturgy, Hope, Scripture, Suffering, Trust in God

CARE for the SICK and REIGN with CHRIST the KING

November 20, 2016 Fr. Jonah Pollock, O.P. Leave a comment

I was ill and you cared for me. (Matt 25:36) So the king will say, seated on his glorious throne…

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