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Fr. Howard Thompson
Mar 25, 20211 min read
Lenten Bytes
What are you afraid of? Some fear death, while others fear loneliness, rejection, failure, loss of income, deteriorating health, or even...
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Fr. Howard Thompson
Mar 19, 20211 min read
Lenten Bytes
A few years ago, I had a conversation with a dear friend who died last year. He loved God, but had a difficulty with the fact that when...
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Fr. Howard Thompson
Mar 16, 20211 min read
Lenten Bytes
When no one seems to understand our plight, when no one responds to our need or gives us the assistance we need, we can take comfort that...
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Fr. Howard Thompson
Mar 15, 20211 min read
Lenten Bytes
In our spiritual journey, do we emphatically seek the Lord who gives, or seek primarily the gifts of God? Experience shows that we desire...
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Fr. Howard Thompson
Feb 15, 20211 min read
Daily Byte
What happens when we have questions to which we have no answers? We read that the first people, Adam and Eve, had three sons (Gn. 4:1-15,...
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Fr. Howard Thompson
Jan 30, 20211 min read
Daily Byte
God cares. Everything that brings happiness or sorrow; joy or pain; health or illness; calm or storm, is known to God and is of concern....
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Fr. Howard Thompson
Jan 6, 20211 min read
Christmas Byte
All authority belongs to the Lord. He who creates also dominates. The depiction of Jesus walking on the water (Mk. 6:48-52), shows that...
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Fr. Howard Thompson
Jan 4, 20211 min read
Christmas Byte
Today, the first Monday and working day of the New Year, we hear that Jesus now begins His public ministry (Mt. 4:23-25). Who says God...
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Fr. Howard Thompson
Dec 24, 20201 min read
Advent Byte
So here we are beloved, we made it to the Eve of Christmas. This has been a challenging year, but by the grace of God we made it. Even as...
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Fr. Howard Thompson
Nov 25, 20201 min read
Daily Byte
Many are tired of the pandemic restrictions and conforming to the COVID-19 guidelines. Some are tired of masks, and are frustrated in not...
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Fr. Howard Thompson
Nov 13, 20201 min read
Daily Byte
As we come to the cessation of another liturgical year, thoughts of death and the end time become more apparent. Jesus speaks of...
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Fr. Howard Thompson
Oct 3, 20201 min read
Daily Byte
News reaching us, struggles within us and experiences around us can evoke emotions of joy or sadness. Each of us will experience moments...
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Fr. Howard Thompson
Oct 2, 20201 min read
Daily Byte
There is an interesting stream of thought in today’s readings. Job is asked by God if he has ever “commanded the morning and shown the...
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Fr. Howard Thompson
Sep 25, 20201 min read
Daily Byte
When we ponder the answers to the various questions concerning Jesus, do we then have the courage to live out the implications of our...
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Fr. Howard Thompson
Sep 23, 20201 min read
Daily Byte
God made us. We, like the Angels, are ‘wired’ to glorify Him and let His glory known. Jesus called His Disciples to get to know Him, and...
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Fr. Howard Thompson
Sep 17, 20201 min read
Daily Byte
Do we as Christians imitate the behaviour of Simon the Pharisee or Jesus our Saviour? We see how the purist Simon was not only uneasy in...
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Fr. Howard Thompson
Sep 9, 20201 min read
Daily Byte
Paul gives us a sober thought in today’s first reading, “For the world in its present form is passing away” (1 Cor. 7:31). At the time of...
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Fr. Howard Thompson
Aug 31, 20201 min read
Daily Byte
2020 will certainly be regarded worldwide as a year of infamy. The Coronavirus pandemic; record hurricanes and heat indices; floods and...
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Fr. Howard Thompson
Aug 18, 20201 min read
Daily Byte
We all need to make provisions and take practical steps in meeting our expenses and daily needs. Education and employment; fiscal...
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Fr. Howard Thompson
Aug 8, 20201 min read
Daily Byte
There are three stages to being healed by the Lord. These are as follows: 1. One must recognise the need for healing. Whether it is a...
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