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    Lenten Bytes
    Fr. Howard Thompson
    • Mar 15
    • 1 min

    Lenten Bytes

    The Season of Lent serves as a basis on how we can grow and become “the greatest” by being each other’s servant (Mt. 23:11). We are all...
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    Fr. Howard Thompson
    • Feb 17
    • 1 min

    Daily Bytes

    The fable of the six blind men who touched an elephant in order to describe it, is a useful allegory for life. When reporting on anything...
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    Fr. Howard Thompson
    • Feb 15
    • 1 min

    Daily Bytes

    A little leaven makes the dough rise. This reality in the baking world is also applicable in our spiritual lives. The leaven of malice,...
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    Christmas Bytes
    Fr. Howard Thompson
    • Dec 29, 2021
    • 1 min

    Christmas Bytes

    How involved are parents today in the spiritual lives of their children? Do you set times in the home for family prayer and Bible...
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    Daily Byte
    Fr. Howard Thompson
    • Oct 14, 2021
    • 1 min

    Daily Byte

    Every generation has the opportunity to either grow in the grace and mercy of God, or be “charged with the blood of the prophets” (Lk....
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    Daily Byte
    Fr. Howard Thompson
    • Aug 16, 2021
    • 1 min

    Daily Byte

    Our growth in holiness is an ongoing journey from selfishness to selflessness. It is moving from keeping the laws of the Lord out of...
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    Fr. Howard Thompson
    • Aug 5, 2021
    • 1 min

    Daily Bytes

    Jesus is our source and conduit of grace. When Paul begins his letters, or we begin our celebration, with the words, “The grace of our...
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    Fr. Howard Thompson
    • Jul 30, 2021
    • 1 min

    Daily Bytes

    When Jesus taught the people, “they took offence at Him” (Mt. 13:54-58). As it was in the time of Jesus, so it is today. When the word of...
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    Fr. Howard Thompson
    • Jun 23, 2021
    • 1 min

    Daily Bytes

    A healthy tree bearing good, sweet, ripe fruit is a joy to behold. However, happiness comes from picking and eating the fruit to one’s...
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    Fr. Howard Thompson
    • Jun 21, 2021
    • 1 min

    Daily Bytes

    Psychology helps us to understand human behaviour. Freud is credited with the concept of ‘projection’, whereby people project unto others...
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    Fr. Howard Thompson
    • May 27, 2021
    • 1 min

    Daily Bytes

    “Master, I want to see” (Mk. 10:51). Do we pray to see the Lord? Our loving Lord is never far or absent from our lives. It is our own...
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    Lenten Bytes
    Fr. Howard Thompson
    • Mar 12, 2021
    • 1 min

    Lenten Bytes

    Life is a process. We learn and grow. But we do not all learn and grow at the same pace. It is therefore important that each individual...
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    Lenten Bytes
    Fr. Howard Thompson
    • Mar 2, 2021
    • 1 min

    Lenten Bytes

    Whether one sits in the seat of ‘Moses’ or in the common place, whether one is a teacher or student, master or servant (Mt. 23:1-12),...
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    Fr. Howard Thompson
    • Feb 26, 2021
    • 1 min

    Lenten Bytes

    Growth in holiness is a never ending journey that moves from one level to the next. We see an example of the different levels in today’s...
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    Daily Byte
    Fr. Howard Thompson
    • Feb 16, 2021
    • 1 min

    Daily Byte

    Jesus was an insightful and creative Teacher beyond compare. His words and actions were so aligned, that He Himself was also the Lesson....
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    Daily Byte
    Fr. Howard Thompson
    • Jan 11, 2021
    • 1 min

    Daily Byte

    Life with our Lord is an adventure. He moves us from the ‘known’ to the ‘exciting’, in ways we never imagined. Jesus calls Simon and...
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    Advent Byte
    Fr. Howard Thompson
    • Nov 30, 2020
    • 1 min

    Advent Byte

    We are called and blessed for ongoing purposes. When Jesus called Peter and Andrew, He invites them to move from being fishermen to being...
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    Daily Byte
    Fr. Howard Thompson
    • Nov 27, 2020
    • 1 min

    Daily Byte

    What is your biggest investment? Every investor hopes for real returns and profit. Jesus imparts the reality between investing in the...
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    Daily Byte
    Fr. Howard Thompson
    • Oct 15, 2020
    • 1 min

    Daily Byte

    Over the past few days, the scripture readings have cut like a knife. Indeed, the word of the Lord is “sharper than any two-edged sword”...
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    Fr. Howard Thompson
    • Sep 4, 2020
    • 1 min

    Daily Byte

    Every relationship evolves and even requires a ‘vaccine’ to enhance ‘new life’. A couple who often observes a particular routine of...
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