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Tuesday of the Twenty-seventh Week of Ordinary Time
Today’s readings Try as we might for perfection in our journey of faith, we stumble and fall sometimes. That’s just the way it is in this fallen world. But that being the case, we have in our Liturgy of the Word this morning some saints who can accompany us on this precarious journey. We will…
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The Twenty-seventh Sunday of Ordinary Time: Respect Life
Today’s readings Since this is Respect Life Month, I want to spend some time reflecting on the gift of life and how we should revere it. I begin this reflection with these beautiful words from today’s second reading: “Whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is…
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Friday of the Twenty-sixth Week of Ordinary Time
Today’s readings Pride and presumption are insidious sins. They make any kind of grace impossible, for they even deny that grace is needed or wanted. If we have no need of a Savior, then no relationship with God is even possible. And not having a relationship with God is something we call “hell.” So the…
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Tuesday of the Twenty-sixth Week of Ordinary Time
Today’s readings In our first reading, the prophet Zechariah proposes a very hopeful outcome for efforts at evangelization, if we take up that ministry with zeal. Many cities, many peoples, powerful nations will look to Jerusalem and God’s people because they know God is with them. That’s what we would want too, wouldn’t we? We…
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The Twenty-sixth Sunday of Ordinary Time
Today’s readings Sometimes it’s hard to accept that something is in our best interest when we first hear of it. I can remember often growing up not wanting to do something like go on a retreat or join the youth group, but my parents giving me that gentle nudge to do it anyway. And then…
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Saints Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael, Archangels
Mass for the school children. The world can be a confusing and scary place some times. Sometimes when we go on a journey, we lose our way and get loSaint Sometimes people get sick, or maybe they get hurt, or maybe they are blind or deaf. The world can be a lonely place for those…
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Thursday of the Twenty-fifth Week of Ordinary Time
Today’s readings Is it time for you to dwell in your own paneled houses,while this house lies in ruins? During this week, we have been hearing about the desire to rebuild the Temple in Jerusalem after the people returned from exile. The Persian Empire with its kings Cyrus and Darius, was favorable to encouraging and…
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The Twenty-fourth Sunday of Ordinary Time
Today’s readings “Wrath and anger are hateful things, yet the sinner hugs them tight.” So says the wisdom-writer Sirach in today’s first reading. His words set up well the Gospel today, and the overall emphasis of forgiveness as a powerful tool for the disciple. The disciple would do well to abandon wrath and anger, and…
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Tuesday of the Twenty-third Week of Ordinary Time
Today’s readings I’ve heard it said that the only one of the disciples Jesus called that day who was actually fit for his job was Judas Iscariot, and we all know how that worked out. We don’t know what God considers qualification for discipleship, we just know that somehow, for some reason, we have all…
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The Twenty-third Sunday of Ordinary Time
Today’s readings So today our Gospel, at the end of it, talks to us a bit about what prayer looks like. I have to say, when the Scriptures talk about prayer, I get a little uneasy. Not because I don’t like to pray, or think prayer is a bad thing. But more because I think…
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