Living Beyond Sunday Blog

First Down with Fr. Eric (August 10, 2025)

Dear Friends,Words can capture the fullness of what needs to be done to reach the full potential of what is desired. An example is the world of Religious Education. It can sometimes give the impres...
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First Down with Fr. Eric (August 3, 2025)

Dear Friends,School ended for most around the end of May, and now there are schools ready to open tomorrow morning, August 4. Where did the summer go? Some of our youth, who, it seems, just entered...
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Wealth & Detachment (by Eric Tamayo)

Wealth, pleasure, power, and honor… What is it that motivates us? According to St. Thomas Aquinas, wealth, pleasure, power, and honor are the four ways we try to substitute God. In many ways I thin...
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Mercy and Forgiveness (By Eric Tamayo)

All of our readings this weekend touch on the mercy and forgiveness of God in some way. In the first reading from Genesis, Abraham questions the extent of God’s mercy and forgiveness in dealing wit...
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First Down with Fr. Eric (July 27, 2025)

Dear Friends,We live in a wonderful time of technology. We have information and news right in front of us with our phones or other devices. We have the opportunity to be informed on our subjects, a...
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