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Welcome to Good Shepherd Catholic Church, an active faith community in Alexandria Virginia! It is our mission to love God and love our neighbor as ourselves, and we seek to do this through worship, building community, spiritual formation throughout the life cycle, a strong ministry of social justice, and a culture of active stewardship of our time, talent, and treasure. Loving as Christ loves, serving as Christ serves. We invite you to worship with us this Sunday! Visit our homepage at http: ...
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CALLED AND CHOSEN Being "called" offers the possibility to be "chosen." Choice is a two-sided freedom. Today we hear about Elisha's call: he prepares his work and family and then takes up the work of Elijah. We hear Jesus' stronger call Jesus demands a free, single-minded response. There is no turning back for those who follow him. It is a daunting…
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DISCIPLESHIP Disciples are called to give themselves completely over to Christ. Today the disciples move to another stage of learning as they journey to Jerusalem. The way of discipleship involves the same process for all believers-detachment, self-denial, taking up the cross. Yet the mystery remains. Why must Jesus suffer and die? Will you go away…
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DO NOT BE AFRAID John came to testify to the light and prepare an upright people for the Lord. The Church has celebrated feasts in honor of John the Baptist since the fourth century. In the early Church, John was held in high esteem along with the apostles and St. Stephen. John, filled with the Holy Spirit in the womb of his mother Elizabeth, bring…
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DO NOT BE AFRAID John came to testify to the light and prepare an upright people for the Lord. The Church has celebrated feasts in honor of John the Baptist since the fourth century. In the early Church, John was held in high esteem along with the apostles and St. Stephen. John, filled with the Holy Spirit in the womb of his mother Elizabeth, bring…
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DISCIPLESHIP Disciples are called to give themselves completely over to Christ. Today the disciples move to another stage of learning as they journey to Jerusalem. The way of discipleship involves the same process for all believers-detachment, self-denial, taking up the cross. Yet the mystery remains. Why must Jesus suffer and die? Will you go away…
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HOSPITALS FOR SINNERS Jesus is the promised one who has come to save, heal and raise up all in need of salvation. The sinful woman in today's Gospel bends low to bathe the feet of Jesus with her tears, wipe them with her hair, kiss them and anoint them. The woman who sits at Jesus' feet is a true disciple. In this story, Jesus contrasts the Pharise…
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HOSPITALS FOR SINNERS Jesus is the promised one who has come to save, heal and raise up all in need of salvation. The sinful woman in today's Gospel bends low to bathe the feet of Jesus with her tears, wipe them with her hair, kiss them and anoint them. The woman who sits at Jesus' feet is a true disciple. In this story, Jesus contrasts the Pharise…
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HOSPITALS FOR SINNERS Jesus is the promised one who has come to save, heal and raise up all in need of salvation. The sinful woman in today's Gospel bends low to bathe the feet of Jesus with her tears, wipe them with her hair, kiss them and anoint them. The woman who sits at Jesus' feet is a true disciple. In this story, Jesus contrasts the Pharise…
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HOLY WISDOM Today we celebrate the Trinity's work for our salvation. God the Father is the beginning. The work continues with the sending of the Son, Jesus, the Christ, who lives among us as the way, the truth, and the life. Then the Spirit of Truth comes to lead us to the complete truth. Out of love, God sanctifies us in his family. Holy wisdom de…
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COVENANT Bread, wine, and fish are God's food for the end times-and are used many times in the Bible. Melchizedek, the priest-king of God's City, Jerusalem, offers bread and wine to Abraham, the spiritual father of us all. Jesus gives the superabundant Messianic food "bread and fish" to the 5,000 people. We receive a share of the new covenant in Je…
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SPIRIT SENT Today we celebrate God sending the Advocate to his bride, the church, to teach and remind us of all things necessary. That Paraclete allows us to cry out, "Abba, Father!" That comforting Spirit bears witness that we orphans are God's children and so heirs of God. We are coheirs with Christ Jesus, sharing his cross in order to share also…
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ASCENSION Ascension does not mean Jesus is gone. Indeed, the Communion antiphon today echoes the Gospel: "I, the Lord, am with you always, until the end of the world, alleluia." In the time between the ascension and the second coming, then, our task is to recognize Christ all around us, especially in the poor; honoring them is indeed a key part of …
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ASCENSION OF THE LORD "Why look you up to the sky?" Be confident and patient. Jesus has gone to be more closely with us. The Spirit comes with power to baptize us, to possess us, to strengthen us. We bear witness to repentance for the forgiveness of sins to the ends of the earth. With God's strength we can do all things. Why be frightened? Lord, he…
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ASCENSION Ascension does not mean Jesus is gone. Indeed, the Communion antiphon today echoes the Gospel: "I, the Lord, am with you always, until the end of the world, alleluia." In the time between the ascension and the second coming, then, our task is to recognize Christ all around us, especially in the poor; honoring them is indeed a key part of …
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WHAT A PARADOX Lord Jesus, the Messiah, leaves his people to send the Holy Spirit and be closer to them. He warns, guides, encourages, and prepares his disciples (including us) for all this. Still, it is almost too much. He is with us, behind us, ahead of us, and waiting for us to catch him. The Spirit and the bride say, "Come, follow, and do not b…
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05/05/13: Sixth Sunday of Easter RSVP "It has been decided by the Holy Spirit and us"." God's people have always been aware of this Advocate" Paraclete, Holy Spirit-Teaching and reminding them of their main job. Their work is to lead one another to do right before the trinitarian God and so gain entrance to the holy city, New Jerusalem, shining wit…
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05/05/13: Sixth Sunday of Easter RSVP "It has been decided by the Holy Spirit and us"." God's people have always been aware of this Advocate" Paraclete, Holy Spirit-Teaching and reminding them of their main job. Their work is to lead one another to do right before the trinitarian God and so gain entrance to the holy city, New Jerusalem, shining wit…
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05/05/13: Sixth Sunday of Easter RSVP "It has been decided by the Holy Spirit and us"." God's people have always been aware of this Advocate" Paraclete, Holy Spirit-Teaching and reminding them of their main job. Their work is to lead one another to do right before the trinitarian God and so gain entrance to the holy city, New Jerusalem, shining wit…
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NEW JERUSALEM "The One seated on the throne spoke: 'I make all creation new.'" What is new? The novelty is that now God's own people live in God's own city, New Jerusalem. Here God lives intimately with his bride: us. Finally the Christmas promise arrives. Here and now is the time of Emmanuel, God-with-us. Until the fulfillment, we continue the Mes…
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NEW JERUSALEM "The One seated on the throne spoke: 'I make all creation new.'" What is new? The novelty is that now God's own people live in God's own city, New Jerusalem. Here God lives intimately with his bride: us. Finally the Christmas promise arrives. Here and now is the time of Emmanuel, God-with-us. Until the fulfillment, we continue the Mes…
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GOOD SHEPHERD On the walls of underground corridors and cemeteries where early Christians hid from their Roman persecutors, the most ancient representation of the risen Lord was the image of the Good Shepherd. Figures of a beardless young man bearing a lamb on his shoulders or playing a flute gave countless potential martyrs courage at times of gre…
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GOOD SHEPHERD On the walls of underground corridors and cemeteries where early Christians hid from their Roman persecutors, the most ancient representation of the risen Lord was the image of the Good Shepherd. Figures of a beardless young man bearing a lamb on his shoulders or playing a flute gave countless potential martyrs courage at times of gre…
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FOLLOW ME - FISH FOR PEOPLE Peter the fisherman"and fisher of people"is put to a strange and difficult test today. First, the Lord Jesus directs him and the others how and where to fish. They succeed greatly -a Messiah catch for Messiah nourishment. Then Simon Peter is asked three times "Do you love me?" He answers wholeheartedly, and Jesus says, "…
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FOLLOW ME - FISH FOR PEOPLE Peter the fisherman"and fisher of people"is put to a strange and difficult test today. First, the Lord Jesus directs him and the others how and where to fish. They succeed greatly -a Messiah catch for Messiah nourishment. Then Simon Peter is asked three times "Do you love me?" He answers wholeheartedly, and Jesus says, "…
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FOLLOW ME - FISH FOR PEOPLE - Peter the fisherman"and fisher of people"is put to a strange and difficult test today. First, the Lord Jesus directs him and the others how and where to fish. They succeed greatly -a Messiah catch for Messiah nourishment. Then Simon Peter is asked three times "Do you love me?" He answers wholeheartedly, and Jesus says,…
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ALPHA AND OMEGA Doubting Thomas touches the risen Lord! But Jesus says, "Happy are those who have not seen and yet believe." That's us. Jesus the Christ passes on his way and work through Peter, through the other apostles, through the Church. These are the bearers of what is "not recorded in the books" about the Living One, the First and the Last, …
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ALPHA AND OMEGA Doubting Thomas touches the risen Lord! But Jesus says, "Happy are those who have not seen and yet believe." That's us. Jesus the Christ passes on his way and work through Peter, through the other apostles, through the Church. These are the bearers of what is "not recorded in the books" about the Living One, the First and the Last, …
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THREE IN ONE We celebrate our Three-in-One God, our Creator God, Risen Son, Holy Spirit. Every creature leads to and grows from Christ's resurrection. Easter changes forever the trinitarian God's place in all creation, including ours. If we say "Amen" to Christ risen, we are adopted into God's own family. If we accept Christ as the way, the truth, …
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PALM SUNDAY PROCESSION The Sacramentary offers three forms for the entrance rites today: a procession, a solemn entrance, and a simple entrance. This rite is not a stage play and the liturgy is not a reenactment; rather, it is the Church, here and now, journeying with the Messiah into the holy city. Today we rejoice in the Son of David as we prepar…
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JESUS EMPTIED HIMSELF "Why are you doing this?" "The Master needs it!" All of Jesus'emptying out enabled him to become a human being so that human beings might become like God. Tested in the garden of Gethsemane and on the cross, Jesus lives the truth with God-filled determination—he set his face like flint. Do we act with conviction, too? Text, Ph…
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SIN NO MORE "Woman, has no one condemned you? Go away, and sin no more!" The Church's sinfulness is brought before her Lord. She stands elected and chosen as God's own wife but ashamed of her failings. Her Lord tells us to put our sinful past aside and to seek the "prize which we are called to receive in Christ Jesus." Perfection comes only with th…
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DO YOU BELIEVE THIS? This day Jesus weeps for his dead friend Lazarus. He asks Martha, "If anyone believes in me, even though he dies he will live. Whoever lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?" After Martha's yes, Jesus raised Lazarus, and we are witnesses. Paul adds: "If the Spirit who raised Jesus from the dead is living …
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PALM SUNDAY PROCESSION The Sacramentary offers three forms for the entrance rites today: a procession, a solemn entrance, and a simple entrance. This rite is not a stage play and the liturgy is not a reenactment; rather, it is the Church, here and now, journeying with the Messiah into the holy city. Today we rejoice in the Son of David as we prepar…
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COME HOME We each hear this appeal differently, but we all recognize the call to reconciliation. We need to put things in proper order. When Joshua and God's people arrive in the promised land, when the prodigal son finally returns to the father's house, there is homecoming joy and a feast. This Lent we are called home, we are called to reconciliat…
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OPEN OUR EYES Today Jesse's son David is called from his flock to serve the Lord and shepherd his people. Today Jesus opens the eyes of a man to the wonders of belief in God's son. God also calls us from our ordinary work and opens our eyes through baptism to insight into his mighty works. He calls on us to believe, to worship and then to follow th…
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HOLY NAME How many are the names of God! In our liturgy, we call upon the Lord, our Christ, for mercy. We ask our Father for our daily bread. We pray to the Holy Spirit to sanctify our gifts. In all this we recall the revelation to Moses that our God is the God Who Is. This most wonderful of names reminds us that the holy presence is with us always…
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LIVING WATERS Today and the next two Sundays are the scrutinies. We, God and the Church, look closely at ourselves to see how we are following the Lord. How thirsty are we for the living waters offered by Jesus? Do each of us realize that the Lord is the way, the truth and the life? Do we, do you, witness to his place in your life? Our faith is bas…
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