Eloquent Oxen

Draw near to him [i.e. Jesus], a living stone, rejected indeed by men but chosen and honored by God.  Be you yourselves as living stones, built thereon into a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. –1 Peter 2:4-5–             The early

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Unencumbered

He instructed them to take nothing for the journey but a walking stick—no food, no sack, no money in their belts.  They were, however, to wear sandals but not a second tunic. –Mark 6:8-9–             One of my closest friends in the priesthood is Father Frans Berkhout, former principal of

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Misc

Psalms Project In 1986, while I was still a student at St. Charles Borromeo Seminary, I took an elective course on the Psalms taught by Father James Foley.  One of the class assignments was to come up with a “Psalms project” that could be used in parish ministry.  I decided to write

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Bio

Rev. Bernard J. Ezaki, M.Div., M.A. Assistant Pastor, Notre Dame of Bethlehem Church, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania Father Bernard J. Ezaki was born in Allentown, Pennsylvania, on January 31, 1957.  He is one of seven children, the fourth child of Dr. Toshio Ezaki and Mary (Vida), parishioners of the Cathedral of Saint

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