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“Come, Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your faithful and kindle in them the fire of your love. Send forth your Spirit and they shall be...
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Fr. Dennis Aréchiga
- May 5
- 1 min
Where Are You Going?
“I am the way and the truth and the life.” From this Sunday’s Gospel: John 14:1-12 Do you know that according to the Federal Highway...
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Fr. Dennis Aréchiga
- Apr 21
- 2 min
Where Are You In Your Journey
“You will show me the path to life, abounding joy in your presence, the delights at your right hand forever.” Psalm 16:11 Today’s second...
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Fr. Dennis Aréchiga
- Apr 21
- 1 min
Thank You
THANK YOU STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS FOR THE BEATIFUL HOLY WEEK SERVICES Having journeyed through my first Holy Week at St. Mark’s I’m...
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Fr. Dennis Aréchiga
- Apr 13
- 2 min
Put Away the Old
“Clear out the old yeast, so that you may become a fresh batch of dough inasmuch as you are unleavened. . . Therefore, let us celebrate...
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Fr. Dennis Aréchiga
- Mar 31
- 2 min
Hossana To The King!
“Christ Jesus, though he was in the form of God, did not regard equality with God something to be grasped. Rather, he emptied himself,...
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Fr. Dennis Aréchiga
- Mar 17
- 2 min
Amazing Grace
“One thing I do know is that I was blind and now I see.” Certain songs are so iconic that several different singers make recordings of...
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Fr. Dennis Aréchiga
- Mar 10
- 2 min
Living Water
“Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again; but whoever drinks the water I shall give will never thirst; The water I shall...
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Fr. Dennis Aréchiga
- Mar 3
- 1 min
Listen
“I rose this morning early as usual, and went to my desk. but it’s spring, and the thrush is in the woods, somewhere in the twirled...
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Fr. Dennis Aréchiga
- Feb 24
- 2 min
Temptation
“One does not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes forth from the mouth of God.” From Sunday’s Gospel Matthew 4:1-11 Upon...
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Fr. Dennis Aréchiga
- Feb 10
- 2 min
Choices
“ Before man are life and death, good and evil, whichever he chooses shall be given him” From Sunday’s First Reading, Sirach 15: 15-20...
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Fr. Dennis Aréchiga
- Feb 3
- 2 min
Salt and Light
“God is the deep origin of all that we do that is good and holy. The light of our concrete actions illuminates not our heroism and...
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Fr. Dennis Aréchiga
- Jan 27
- 2 min
A Remnant?
“Rejoice and be glad, for your reward will be great in heaven.” From The Beatitudes, Matthew 5:1-12 Several times in the scriptures we...
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Fr. Dennis Aréchiga
- Jan 20
- 2 min
A New Journey
“The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; upon those who dwelt in the land of gloom a light has shone. You have brought...
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Fr. Dennis Aréchiga
- Jan 6
- 2 min
The Epiphany of Our Lord
There are several themes contained in the readings for the Epiphany of our Lord: the light of a star, the kingship of Christ, the fear of...
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Fr. Dennis Aréchiga
- Dec 9, 2022
- 1 min
Are You the One?
In last Sunday's first reading from Isaiah, the gifts of the Spirit were listed as qualities the Messiah would embody. Today's Gospel has...
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Fr. Dennis Aréchiga
- Dec 2, 2022
- 1 min
Prepare the Way of the Lord
“Hair of the camel furnished a course raiment to your blessed members; leather your girdle; you drink the cold spring, food for you wild...
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Fr. Dennis Aréchiga
- Nov 23, 2022
- 2 min
Happy New Year (Liturgically That Is...)
“You know the time; It is the hour now for you to awake from sleep. For our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed.” From...
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Fr. Dennis Aréchiga
- Oct 28, 2022
- 2 min
“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated you.” Jeremiah
This passage from Jeremiah reminds us that amazingly God has known each of us even before we were in our mother’s womb. Scriptures such...
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Fr. Dennis Aréchiga
- Oct 21, 2022
- 2 min
God Of Justice
“The prayer of the lowly pierces the clouds; it does not rest till it reaches its goal, nor will it withdraw till the Most High...
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