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Tuesday of the Twenty-seventh Week of Ordinary Time
Today’s readings Balance is one of the most important things that we can achieve in life, and yet it is a goal that often seems so fleeting. That is particularly true of the spiritual life. So many people find it difficult to have balance in their spiritual lives, even the saints. Yesterday’s feast of Saint…
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The Twenty-seventh Sunday of Ordinary Time: Respect Life Sunday
Today’s readings How wonderful are the words we hear in today’s Gospel! “If you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you would say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted and planted in the sea,’ and it would obey you.” This raises important questions for us: how deep is our faith? What have we…
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Ss. Michael, Gabriel and Raphael, archangels
Today’s readings The celebration of the archangels is a chance for us to see heaven touching earth. The Psalmist says today, “In the presence of the angels I will sing your praise; I will worship at your holy temple and give thanks to your name.” And that’s the whole point of our life of faith,…
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Tuesday of the Twenty-sixth Week of Ordinary Time
Today’s readings We should all be paying very close attention to the words of Job in our first reading. It started yesterday, and will go on for a little while. It’s important for us to hear from Job, because we have been, are, or will be where Job is any number of times in our…
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St. Vincent de Paul, priest
Today’s readings St. Vincent became a priest with the expectation of enjoying the easy, affluent sort of life priests had in those days. That was his goal in some ways until he heard the deathbed confession of a dying servant. That encounter led him to realize the extremely great needs of the poor in France.…
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The Twenty-sixth Sunday of Ordinary Time [Cycle C]
Today’s readings The past two weekends, we have had the first reading come from the book of the prophet Amos. I love Amos. He doesn’t mince words, and you can usually tell what he’s getting at right away. Today, though, I think it’s a little harder to understand what he means. The line that jumps…
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Saturday of the Twenty-fifth Week of Ordinary Time
Today’s readings One of the most important spiritual tools is that of mindfulness. You could translate that as a kind of being in the moment; being aware of what is happening, what God is doing here an now. This is a difficult concept for us modern people to get, because we fly from one thing…
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Friday of the Twenty-fifth Week of Ordinary Time
Today’s readings I like to be on time for things. It bugs me when people are late. I was raised to be punctual, so I am very aware of time. The author of Ecclesiastes is aware of time today also, but in a slightly different way. He knows that there is a time and a…
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Wednesday of the Twenty-fifth Week of Ordinary Time
Today’s readings I have to tell you, today’s gospel reading gives me a little bit of a panic attack deep down inside! I tend to over-pack, and really, over-prepare for everything. Even though I was never a boy scout, the whole idea of being prepared just really resonates with me. And so when Jesus says…
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Ss. Andrew Kim Taegon, Paul Chong Hasang & Companions, Martyrs
Today’s readings In the 1800s, Andrew Kim became the first native Korean to become a priest when he traveled 1300 miles to seminary in China. He managed to find his way back into the country six years later. When he returned home, he arranged for more men to travel to China for studies. He was…
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