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Tenth Sunday of Ordinary Time
Today's readings [display_podcast] So Jesus goes over to Matthew, who, at that time, was anything but a saint. He was sitting at the customs post, collecting the required taxes. He was a Jew acting as a representative of the Roman occupation government. He didn’t have a fan club, to say the least. It wasn’t just…
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Saturday of the Ninth Week of Ordinary Time
Today's readings [display_podcast] Today’s readings speak to us about the virtue of persistence. St. Paul was one who modeled persistence in his life and ministry. He quite often ran up against not only opposition, but also danger and imprisonment designed to thwart his preaching. But Paul was filled with the Spirit and would not let…
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St. Boniface, bishop and doctor
Today's readings | Today's saint[display_podcast] Be eager to present yourself as acceptable to God,a workman who causes no disgrace,imparting the word of truth without deviation. St. Paul encourages his friend Timothy today to remain faithful to God and the Gospel and to be a tireless worker for the Truth. Those qualities make this reading such…
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Wednesday of the Ninth Week of Ordinary Time
Today's readings [display_podcast] When I read St. Paul’s message to Timothy in our first reading last night, I resonated with the spirit of his message. St. Paul reminds Timothy of his calling and of the authority that was given him when St. Paul laid hands on him. The life that Timothy was called to lead…
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The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ
Today's readings [display_podcast] After my first year in seminary, during the summer, I was sent to live for six weeks in Mexico in order to learn Spanish. I wish that endeavor had been more successful, but I did in fact come away with some experiences that have changed my way of thinking and praying. The…
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The Most Holy Trinity
Today's readings [display_podcast] What is God like? Today’s celebration of the Most Holy Trinity reminds us of the fact that God loved the world he created so much that he was determined to remain in relationship with it. “God so loved the world,” the Gospel tells us, “that he gave his only Son, so that…
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Thursday of the Sixth Week of Ordinary Time
Today's readings [display_podcast] Sometimes, it seems, we think that God is too big to deal with our paltry little problems. In thinking that way, though, we make God out to be quite a bit smaller than he really is. We want to define God, just like Peter did. We want him to be our Messiah,…
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Tuesday of the Sixth Week of Ordinary Time
Today's readings [display_podcast] One of the things I sometimes struggle with, and maybe some of you do too, is that I am often tempted to eat the wrong things. Somehow, if I’m watching TV or something, I get an urge to eat some kind of snack that is not only not very nutritious but…
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