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May 11, 2025
As of the time of me writing this letter, we still do not have a pope.
Mark Hutchinson
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May 4, 2025
When Peter and his comrades were initially called to follow Jesus, back at the beginning of the Gospel, they were fishing and Jesus produced a miraculous catch of fish.

St. Paul of the Cross
May 13 min read
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April 27, 2025
Would you consider yourself a boxer or a dancer?

St. Paul of the Cross
Apr 253 min read
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April 20, 2025
When I was a child we had a pet hermit crab for a time. His name was Hermie. I’ll never forget Hermie.

St. Paul of the Cross
Apr 174 min read
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April 13, 2025
Jesus was in the habit of sharing secrets with his closest friends.

St. Paul of the Cross
Apr 113 min read
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April 6, 2025
Judgment isn’t black and white. We might think from the Gospel scene of the woman caught in adultery that it is.

St. Paul of the Cross
Apr 43 min read
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March 30, 2025
As I did last week, I want to focus on the very first line of this weekend’s first reading.

St. Paul of the Cross
Mar 283 min read
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March 23, 2025
I’d like to offer some thoughts on the very first line of this weekend’s first reading, from the scene of Moses and the burning bush.

St. Paul of the Cross
Mar 203 min read
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March 16, 2025
Peter, James, and John are brought by Jesus up the mountain to experience the Transfiguration. They fall asleep when they get to the top.

St. Paul of the Cross
Mar 143 min read
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March 9, 2025
The third temptation in the desert stands out to me this weekend

St. Paul of the Cross
Mar 63 min read
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March 2, 2025
“For every tree is known by its own fruit” (Luke 6:44).

St. Paul of the Cross
Mar 13 min read
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February 23, 2025
A good friend shared a story with me about her son from high school. At the end of his gym class the students would typically play a game.

St. Paul of the Cross
Feb 223 min read
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February 16, 2025
When Jesus says, “Blessed are you who are poor,” we think the poor person is blessed because of the reward they will get after

St. Paul of the Cross
Feb 143 min read
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February 9, 2025
I am often asked by children who my favorite saint is. It’s a difficult question to answer.

St. Paul of the Cross
Feb 63 min read
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February 2, 2024
This Sunday is one of those rare days when a feast in the Church trumps the typical Sunday schedule.

St. Paul of the Cross
Jan 312 min read
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January 26, 2024
In our Gospel scene Jesus returns to Nazareth and speaks to the assembly gathered in the synagogue.

St. Paul of the Cross
Jan 233 min read
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January 19, 2025
I was reading a commentary on the Wedding at Cana and it was suggested that the wine ran out because Jesus and his disciples drank it all.

St. Paul of the Cross
Jan 163 min read
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January 12, 2025
Isaiah says in his prophecy from this Sunday’s first reading that “he is my chosen one with whom I am pleased.”

St. Paul of the Cross
Jan 103 min read
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January 5, 2024
Dear Parishioners, King Herod is one of the key players in our Gospel account this Sunday, so allow me to give a little history of him....

St. Paul of the Cross
Jan 33 min read
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December 29, 2024
Dear Parishioners, “Why were you looking for me?” It’s the question the boy Jesus asks his parents upon them finding him in the temple....

St. Paul of the Cross
Dec 27, 20243 min read
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