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What is the American Dream?  To live a good and comfortable life.  To own a home.  To have the freedom to learn, to worship, to make an adequate living, to have good health– Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Not all Americans, including those who want to be legal Americans, have enjoyed the AmericanContinue reading “XIV Sunday 7/5/2020”

There is a scene in the gospel a few days before Jesus is executed where he prays and weeps over the city of Jerusalem.  He weeps because the Temple leadership and many people did not recognize what He called “the hour of their visitation” and the grace of God’s presence that He was offering toContinue reading “Corpus Christi – June 14, 2020“

Delivered at St. Ignatius of Antioch Catholic Church, Antioch, California Today, I am going to talk about Racism and the Body and Blood of Jesus.  The Body, the Latin word, “Corpus” has also become an English word that signifies a large collection of ideas and writings. You have just heard St. Paul’s words: “The breadContinue reading “The Solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ: June 14, 2020 Homily #1“

Today, we cannot hide behind red vestments and hanging doves and so called, “Coming of the Holy Spirit” if our lives are not filled with the goodness, the love and the justice of a Holy Spirit. For centuries, we have waved the flags of Pentecost each year, whoopee for the Holy Spirit, but then continueContinue reading “Pentecost Sunday May 31, 2020”

The world of money and the stock markets speak of corrections that happen from time to time.  The advice is always, don’t panic: what goes down, comes back up. Right now, worldwide, we are going through a value and social correction which the world has not experienced in a very long period of time. WhatContinue reading “Easter VI Sunday May 17, 2020”

Jesus presents himself to us today as someone who wants to help us put our “lives back together” and to show us that there is a simple way to live a “more abundant life.”  The secret is not in things, or work, but in love and being a personal resource to help each other toContinue reading “Good Shepherd Sunday: IV Easter May 3, 2020”

What are you discussing as you walk along? This is the question that Luke asks in today’s gospel. (Luke 24:13-35) Whoever the two were, they were escaping Jerusalem for a safer town.  They feared, as the disciples who locked themselves inside, in Jerusalem, that they were closer to being caught.  So they escaped.  They wereContinue reading “Third Sunday of Easter, April 26, 2020”

So where are we today– almost at a Peak, levelling out, descending the peak?  The Trumpists declare the virus’ defeat.  They want their freedom back.  “Liberate Michigan.” Andrew Cuomo declared Saturday morning that he has never seen the emotions of Americans running so high: anxious, frustrated, angry, distressed, depressed. These were also the emotions ofContinue reading “II Sunday Easter April 19, 2020”

It is important to read substantive and thoughtful articles exploring the deeper meanings and significance of what is happening in our world of the Pandemic. I recommend this article, “Prepare for the Ultimate Gaslighting” by Julio Vincent Gambuto published on Forge/Medium.com on April 10, 2020. –Fr. Richard Mangini https://forge.medium.com/prepare-for-the-ultimate-gaslighting-6a8ce3f0a0e0 Sandra’s note: Also, here is someContinue reading “A Thoughtful Article”