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Ss. Joachim and Anne, Parents of Mary
Today's readings: Sirach 44:1, 44:10-15, Psalm 132:11-18, Matthew 13:16-17 “Now I will praise those godly men and women,our ancestors, each in their own time.” We don’t know much, well anything really, about Joachim and Anne. Even in the Gospels where the ancestry of Jesus is traced, nothing is really said about Mary’s family, so we…
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Feast of St. James, Apostle
Today's readings “Can you drink the chalice of which I am going to drink?” What does that even mean for us? We know what Jesus’ chalice was like: it led him through sorrow, and abandonment, and ultimately to the cross. If we have ever been in a situation in which we have felt intense grief,…
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Thursday of the Sixteenth Week of Ordinary Time
Today's readings We’ve just had this Gospel reading in the Sunday readings in the last couple of weeks, so I thought I’d touch on a few verses that I didn’t go into in that homily. And these are some of the most powerful words in Scripture for me, and always a challenge for me: “But…
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Wednesday of the Sixteenth Week of Ordinary Time
Today's readings The job of a prophet is not an easy one. And we should all know, because we are all in some ways the prophetic seeds the Lord is sowing in the world. We might fall on good soil, or amongst rocks or thorns, but wherever we are, we are expected to bear fruit. …
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Sixteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time
Today's readings Sometimes, as St. Paul reminds the Romans today, we do not know how to pray as we ought. In fact, learning how to pray as we ought is a discipline that takes a lifetime to perfect. The saints have done it, and maybe you even know some living saints whose prayer is pretty…
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Saturday of the Fifteenth Week of Ordinary Time
Today's readings There is a wonderful, comforting message in today’s readings, and it’s a message that speaks to all of us when we’re at the end of the rope in our faith life. That message is that God hears the cries of all of us who are poor in one way or another. Whether we’re…
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Friday of the Fifteenth Week of Ordinary Time
Today's readings “There is something greater than the temple here.” Jesus uses this kind of argument with the Pharisees very often, because they are always missing the significance of what Jesus is doing. They are among those who refuse to see that a man like him could possibly be the Messiah, God’s anointed one, the…
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Thursday of the Fifteenth Week of Ordinary Time
Today's readings [display_podcast] Today’s Scripture readings have some “sound bytes” that I have found most meaningful in my prayer life. Isaiah’s profession of faith today says, “For it is you who have accomplished all we have done.” What a beautiful thing for us to remember. This one statement, if we integrate it into our prayer…
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Our Lady of Mount Carmel
Today's readings:Zechariah 2:14-17, Luke 1:46-55, Matthew 12:46-50Today's feast [more] The Carmelite Order [display_podcast] In the twelfth century, some hermits lived on Mount Carmel in what is now northern Israel. This was located near the fountain of Elijah. By the thirteenth century, some called these hermits the “Brothers of Our Lady of Mount Carmel.” This rings…
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St. Bonaventure, Bishop and Doctor of the Church
Today's readings [display_podcast] St. Bonaventure is known for his theological writings with regard to holiness. He was chosen to be minister general of the Franciscan Order in 1257, and devoted himself to bringing the Order to a closer living of the principles of St. Francis. This was especially important to him, since he was cured…
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