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Monday of the Twenty-ninth Week in Ordinary Time
Today’s readings There are two things: the promise, and the response. The promise has echoed down through the ages. God called Abraham and promised descendents as numerous as the sands on the sea shore or the stars in the sky. Through Moses, God made known his intent to bring his people out of slavery and…
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Twenty-ninth Sunday of Ordinary Time: Project Gabriel
Today’s readings Today’s Scriptures show us the importance of persistence in prayer. We all know that sometimes we come across issues in our own lives, or even in society, and when we pray, it takes a long time to see those prayers answered. We may well have experienced the exhaustion of Moses in our praying,…
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Saturday of the Twenty-eighth Week of Ordinary Time
Today’s readings “The Lord remembers his covenant forever.” That’s what the Psalmist tells us today. And the worst thing that we can do in our service of the Lord is to despair of that promise. Today’s Gospel speaks to us of the unforgivable sin: blasphemy against the Holy Spirit. “Everyone who speaks a word against…
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Ss. Isaac Jogues, John de Brébeuf and Companions, Martyrs
Today’s readings: 2 Corinthians 4:7-15 & Luke 12:1-7 | Today’s saints Mass for the school children (Junior high) A long time ago now, when I was your age, I used to like watching movies about the wild west, and playing cowboys and Indians. It was fun to think about our history in those days and…
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St. Margaret Mary Alacoque
Today’s readings | Today’s saint “I need nothing but God, and to lose myself in the heart of Jesus.” St. Margaret Mary spoke these as her dying words, while being anointed at the age of 43. Margaret was a simple woman and a Visitation nun. She worked as an assistant in the convent infirmary, but…
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Youth Reconciliation Service
As you get ready to celebrate the Sacrament of Confirmation less than a month from now, the Church gathers you together to celebrate another Sacrament: the Sacrament of Reconciliation. How long has it been since you’ve celebrated that sacrament? People used to go to Confession every week back in the day, but maybe you’ve been…
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Twenty-eighth Sunday of Ordinary Time: A People of Gratitude
Today’s readings “Has none but this foreigner returned to give thanks to God?” Today’s Gospel is a reflection on our need for healing, our need for God’s presence in our lives, and perhaps most especially, our need for gratitude. Not gratitude for what we have done; rather, gratitude for what we have received, for what…
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Saturday of the Twenty-seventh Week of Ordinary Time
Today’s readings “Blessed are those who hear the word of God and observe it.” Ouch. Jesus has just been given a great complement and he responds to it kind of brusquely. Earlier in this eleventh chapter of Luke, Jesus has taught the disciples to pray, teaching them what has become known as the Lord’s prayer.…
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Thursday of the Twenty-seventh Week of Ordinary Time
Today's readings Listen to the voices of hope in today's Liturgy: "But for you who fear my name, there will arise the sun of justice with its healing rays." "For everyone who asks, receives; and the one who seeks, finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened." "Blessed are they who…
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Tuesday of the Twenty-seventh Week of Ordinary Time
Today’s readings This homily is for those of us who sometimes have trouble on our spiritual journeys. All those who have achieved perfection and glory are excused. … It’s interesting that none of us left, isn’t it? If you’ve been attending our Amazing Gifts program here on the weekends, you heard this week that the…
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