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Friday of the Sixth Week of Ordinary Time
Today’s readings Today’s readings give us a look at an age-old argument over the concept of justification by faith alone. Not only does James have to deal with it in his community, but during the protestant reformation, this concept was a major stumbling block which has only recently been healed – somewhat. As tends to…
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Monday of the Sixth Week of Ordinary Time
Today’s readings St. James today encourages us to consider it all joy when we experience trial. I don’t know about you, but that’s not the emotion I usually find in frustrating or fearful circumstances. And considering that the people to whom James was writing were probably being persecuted, they probably weren’t overjoyed at their trials…
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The Sixth Sunday of Ordinary Time [B]
Today’s readings In ancient days, a diagnosis of leprosy was a death sentence. And that’s not just because they didn’t know how to treat the disease. They didn’t, but what was really horrible is the way the lepers were treated. First of all, they were called lepers – not people – so being labeled as…
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Thursday of the Fifth Week of Ordinary Time
Today’s readings The women in today’s Liturgy of the Word give us contrasting views of the spiritual life. In our first reading, the women give us the example of what not to do. Solomon, known for his wisdom and dedication to God by building the temple, is soon seduced by the foreign women he had…
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St. Paul Miki & companions, martyrs
Today’s readings Have you ever felt like you were dwelling in a dark cloud? I think most of us get there at some point or another in our lives. The dark cloud might be confusion: where is God taking me? What am I supposed to do with my life? Or it might be frustration: why…
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Monday of the Fourth Week of Ordinary Time
Today’s readings “O LORD, how many are my adversaries!” That is what the Psalmist cries out today. And well he might, because we see those many adversaries in today’s Liturgy of the Word. The casting out of the demon Legion is a chilling one for us, I think, because it’s really our story. How many…
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The Fourth Sunday of Ordinary Time: Rite of Welcoming of Candidates for Full Communion
Today’s readings There are a lot of experts out there. And those experts will be happy to give you their opinion. Really, there is no shortage of places these days from which you can get information. Television, print media, and especially the internet – God knows what we did before the days of Google! –…
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Monday of the Third Week of Ordinary Time: Respect Life
Yesterday was the 39th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision that in effect legalized abortion in the United States. The Church teaches us that abortion is a violation of the fifth commandment, which states: “Thou shall not kill.” Participation in an abortion – which includes having one, paying for one, encouraging one, performing one,…
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The Third Sunday of Ordinary Time: No Time Like the Present!
Today’s readings One of the things that I think plagues us modern people is that we tend to have delusions of eternity. By that I mean, we tend to have a view that we have all the time in the world, and so we put off things that are truly important, because we always think…
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Friday of the Second Week of Ordinary Time: Christian Unity
Today’s readings (Mass for the school children) In today’s Gospel, Jesus calls his Apostles. These are the men who will be closest to him and will follow after him throughout his ministry on earth. Even though these men weren’t the most popular people in the area, even though they weren’t wealthy, even though they may…
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