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Tag: Mercy

Be a Hero in the Strife

January 18, 2023 Father Bernard J. Ezaki Homily

My sacrifice, O God, is a contrite spirit; a contrite, humbled heart, O God, you will not scorn. –Psalm 51:19–   In November of 2021, some friends and I went to Ronks, Pennsylvania, to see the Sight & Sound Theater production of their musical “Queen Esther.”  I had never been

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“Failure Is Not Final”

May 18, 2019 Father Bernard J. Ezaki Homily

A Homily for the Third Sunday of Easter, Year C             How many jokes do you know that begin with someone walking into a bar?  Here is one, for example:  A termite walks into a bar and asks, “Is the bar tender here?”             Just as there are a lot

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A Prayer for Mercy

January 22, 2017 Father Bernard J. Ezaki Other

  Almighty and everlasting God, you do not will that a single sinner should perish, and so you gave the world your Son Jesus, who is Mercy Itself.  Make me a mirror of Divine Mercy.  Through prayer, the sacraments, and works of charity, grant me the grace to seek your

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The Leprosy of Sin

January 21, 2017 Father Bernard J. Ezaki Homily

And a leper came to him, entreating him, and kneeling down he said, “If thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.” –Mark 1:40–   Once, when I was about eight or nine years old, I said to my sister Marybeth, “Hey, Marybeth!  Wouldn’t it be neat if we couldn’t feel

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