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The Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time
Today’s readings Jesus’ ministry on earth was all about healing. Indeed, that’s what he came to do: to heal us, set things right, from the inside out, so that we would be able to enter the Kingdom. In today’s gospel, he heals a man who has been deaf and mute with the word of command:…
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Saturday of the Twenty-second Week in Ordinary Time
Today’s readings When I think about this Gospel reading, I wonder what’s really going on. Were the Pharisees really concerned that the Sabbath was being violated, and that people were not experiencing sabbath rest from their labors so that they could grow in relationship with their God? Probably not. Contextually, we can see how the Pharisees were being…
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Friday of the Twenty-second Week in Ordinary Time
Today’s readingsMass for the school children: New stuff can be fun. We like to have new clothes or new toys. Adults like to have a new car. But some new stuff can be scary. Going to a new school can be scary. Joining a new team or a new activity can be scary. But after…
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Thursday of the Twenty-second Week in Ordinary time
Today’s readings You may have heard the saying that “If you want to hear God laugh, just tell him your plans.” It’s so easy for us in our arrogance to think we have everything all figured out. Frankly, maybe we like it that way; it’s comfortable. But then maybe God taps us on the shoulder,…
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Labor Day
Readings: Genesis 1:26-2:3 | Psalm 90 | 1 Thessalonians 4:1b-2, 9-12 | Matthew 6:31-34 One of the things that I remember vividly about my childhood is how hard my parents worked. My Dad worked more than one job at a time for several years. And in his main job, he was with the company for…
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The Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time
Today’s readings So often, when someone thanks us for something, we might say, “It’s the least I could do.” As if it were praiseworthy. Sometimes we want to do as little as possible, and have others feeling good about it. Well, I think it’s that kind of attitude that is behind today’s Liturgy of the…
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The Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time
Today’s readings “So what?” I content that that is one of the most important questions in life, certainly in our spiritual life. Because after we have all taken time to absorb the information around us, after we have learned all that we have been taught, we have to decide what, if anything, that information and…
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Friday of the Twentieth Week in Ordinary Time
Today’s readings You know, I really don’t think we depend on the Holy Spirit as much as we should. I mean, the Spirit is one of the Persons of the Holy Trinity and has all power and authority as God. Yet, I think, we often shelve the Holy Spirit after Confirmation and maybe dust him…
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Saint Bernard of Clairvaux, Abbot and Doctor of the Church
Today’s readings Learning to follow the path of perfection is the most important goal of the spiritual life. How do we get our relationship with God right so that we can live with him forever in heaven? That was certainly the goal of Saint Bernard of Clairvaux, whose feast we celebrate today. In the year…
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Monday in the Twentieth Week of Ordinary Time
Today’s readings A friend of mine told me that a wise old nun once taught him, “Work like everything depends on you, but pray like everything depends on God.” It’s good advice, because everything, of course, does depend on God, but God expects us to work in cooperation with him, so that his will be…
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