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I THOUGHT YOU SHOULD KNOW | We are all foreign missionaries for Christ
Bishop Robert J. Hermann This Sunday is Mission Sunday, a time to focus on the work of the foreign missions in the Church. You're a foreign missionary for Christ, whether you know it or not.You know...
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Bishop Robert J. Hermann On Sunday, Nov. 2, we commemorate the souls of all the faithful departed.Jesus sets the tone for the celebration when He tells us, "All that the Father gives me shall come to...
View ArticleI THOUGHT YOU SHOULD KNOW | God works through us to prepare the way of the Lord
Bishop Robert J. Hermann The readings for the third Sunday of Advent are so rich in meaning that multiple themes could be developed from them. The words on which I'll focus are from John the Baptist...
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I THOUGHT YOU SHOULD KNOW | Our relationship with God requires passing the...
Bishop Robert J. Hermann The readings for the second Sunday in Ordinary Time make it clear that when God calls an individual, He calls that individual for others -- to be relational and to pass along...
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I THOUGHT YOU SHOULD KNOW | Salvation is the free gift of the Lord
Bishop Robert J. Hermann The readings for the third Sunday in Ordinary Time reveal an amazing thing: God wants mankind to share the goodness of the Holy Trinity. The God who said, "Let us make man in...
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I THOUGHT YOU SHOULD KNOW | Power of God’s word can give victory over sin
Bishop Robert J. Hermann In the beginning, God said, "Let there be light," and there was light, thereby establishing His authority over the world.In the readings for the 4th Sunday of Ordinary Time,...
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I THOUGHT YOU SHOULD KNOW | Invite God to bring His love into your weakness
Bishop Robert J. Hermann If we loved ourselves half as much as God loves us, our salvation would be assured. The readings for the 4th Sunday of Lent demonstrate God relentlessly pursues us as sinners...
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I THOUGHT YOU SHOULD KNOW | Christ's resurrection fills us with the hope of...
Bishop Robert J. Hermann Holy Week is the greatest week of the liturgical year. Devotion to Christ's passion is essential for salvation. The paschal mystery describes the law of dying and rising that...
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I THOUGHT YOU SHOULD KNOW | Seeking Jesus in the quiet, restful places
Bishop Robert J. Hermann The Gospel for the 16th Sunday in Ordinary Time illustrates how Jesus is the good shepherd who knows how to lead His sheep to fresh water and green pastures. The apostles have...
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I THOUGHT YOU SHOULD KNOW | Embracing the 'confusion' of God's plan
Bishop Robert J. Hermann The three readings for the 25th Sunday in Ordinary Time point out that when God enters into our lives, we lose our way. The things we had depended upon to carry out our life's...
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I THOUGHT YOU SHOULD KNOW | God passionately wants to reveal His saving mercy
Bishop Robert J. Hermann The readings for the Third Sunday in Lent clarify that our mysterious God calls us into an intimate relationship with Him, and He will speak to us through angels, persons and...
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I THOUGHT YOU SHOULD KNOW | God will grant the Holy Spirit to those who ask
Bishop Robert J. Hermann The readings for the Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time make clear that God desires to share His power with sinful mankind.To fully appreciate the importance of the first...
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I THOUGHT YOU SHOULD KNOW | God’s word leads us back to His heart
Bishop Robert J. Hermann The readings for the Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time suggest the word of God comes directly from His heart, and if we follow His word, it leads us directly back to His heart.In...
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I THOUGHT YOU SHOULD KNOW | God protects and cares for His people
Bishop Robert J. Hermann The readings for the Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time call us into a new freedom by trusting in God's loving providence that surrounds us. As we open our eyes to this, anxiety...
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I THOUGHT YOU SHOULD KNOW | Visualize the life of glory that God calls us to
Bishop Robert J. Hermann On the second Sunday of Lent, the Church gives us the scene of Jesus, up on the mountain, being transfigured before Peter, James and John. The Church wants to lift our eyes to...
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I THOUGHT YOU SHOULD KNOW | Jesus offers the unquenchable gift of the Holy...
Bishop Robert J. Hermann The readings for the Third Sunday of Lent are simultaneously simple and overwhelmingly profound. Our eyes see and our hearts hear of physical water, but our spirits hunger and...
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I THOUGHT YOU SHOULD KNOW | Jesus heals the blindness we choose when we sin
Bishop Robert J. Hermann In the readings for the Fourth Sunday of Lent, God's Word pierces mankind's darkness and reveals a light that will always shine for those who walk in it.In the first reading,...
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I THOUGHT YOU SHOULD KNOW | Jesus turns the stench of human sin into His glory
Bishop Robert J. Hermann The readings for the Fifth Sunday of Lent have many levels of meaning, but ultimately they tell one thing: The glory of God is on the way for all those who choose Jesus as...
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I THOUGHT YOU SHOULD KNOW | Contemplate Christ’s Passion and let Him enter...
Bishop Robert J. Hermann Holy Week begins the greatest week of the liturgical year. As we enter more deeply into His passion and death, we discover Jesus entering our passion, our struggle with sin,...
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I THOUGHT YOU SHOULD KNOW | Know the truth of Christ’s resurrection in your...
Bishop Robert J. Hermann Easter Sunday celebrates the greatest feast of the entire year, Christ's resurrection from the dead. But we need to ask ourselves: "Is my experience of Christ's resurrection...
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