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Missing Spiritual Gifts (On Evangelization And Mission Part 132)
Pentecost Sunday Reading: 1 Corinthians 12:3b-7, 12-13 After Jesus told his disciples to proclaim the gospel to the ends of the earth...

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Jun 5, 20222 min read
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Back To The Basic (On Evangelization And Mission Part 131)
Feast of the Ascension Reading: Acts 1:1-11 The early disciples, even at that momentous moment when Jesus appeared to them after his...

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May 26, 20222 min read
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Salvation Only in Jesus (On Evangelization and Mission Part 129)
Today’s reading: Acts 4:8-12 The salvation we proclaim is Jesus Christ, who by his death on the cross and his resurrection, won for us...

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Apr 25, 20213 min read
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Salvation Only in Jesus - 2 (On Evangelization and Mission Part 130)
Today’s readings: Acts 11:1-18 Psalm 42:2-4 John 10:1-10 As we are all creatures made by God, and in particular human beings with a soul,...

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Apr 16, 20212 min read
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Proclaiming The Kingdom (On Evangelization and Mission Part 10)
Today’s reading: Matthew 10:1-7 Today’s gospel is about the commissioning and sending on mission of the Twelve by Jesus. In the same way,...

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Jul 6, 20112 min read
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Jesus' Mission Our Mission (On Evangelization and Mission Part 9)
Today’s gospel Matthew 9:35-10:8 “Jesus went around to all the towns and villages, teaching in their synagogues, proclaiming the gospel...

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Dec 4, 20107 min read
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Fishers of Men Part 2 (On Evangelization and Mission Part 8)
Today’s readings Romans 10:9-18 Psalm 19:2-5 Matthew 4:18-22 At the very start of a new year (Church’s liturgical year), as we prepare...

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Nov 30, 20104 min read
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Fishers of Men (On Evangelization and Mission Part 7)
The gospel reading for today (Luke 5:1-11) joyfully brought me back to the first book I ever wrote, “Fishers of Men.” That was in early...

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Sep 2, 20102 min read
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Our Mission of Family Life Renewal (On Evangelization and Mission Part 6)
Today’s readings Sirach 3:2-14 Psalm 128:1-5 Colossians 3:12-21 Luke 2:41-52 Our particular call, charism and mission in CFC-FFL is...

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Dec 27, 20094 min read
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Joy and Peace in Christ (On Evangelization and Mission Part 5)
Today’s readings Zephaniah 3:14-18 Isaiah 12:2-6 Philippians 4:4-7 Luke 3:10-18 Today’s readings from the Old Testament have our two...

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Dec 13, 20093 min read
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Violent Christians (On Evangelization and Mission Part 4)
“the kingdom of heaven suffers violence, and the violent are taking it by force.” (Mt 11:12) At the start of Jesus’ public ministry, he...

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Dec 11, 20095 min read
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Weaving it all Together (On Evangelization and Mission Part 3)
In this third millennium, during these end times, the 3 most important words in understanding the fullness of our vision and mission are...

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Feb 6, 20094 min read
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Disobeying Jesus (On Evangelization and Mission Part 2)
We are disciples of Jesus, and we are supposed to live a life of obedience to him. Is it then ever permissible to disobey Jesus? We know...

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Jan 8, 20092 min read
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Pentecost, Mother's Day, Mary and The Trinity (On Evangelization and Mission Part 1)
Today we celebrate both Pentecost and Mother’s Day. The two are inter-related. Both are about giving birth. And both are about the very...

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May 11, 20083 min read
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Pentecost, Mother's Day, Mary & the Trinity All About Family & Life (On Evangelization & Mission)
Pentecost Sunday PENTECOST, MOTHER’S DAY, MARY AND THE TRINITY ALL ABOUT FAMILY AND LIFE Today we celebrate both Pentecost and Mother’s...

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May 11, 20083 min read
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