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Monday of the Fourteenth Week of Ordinary Time
Today’s readings In today’s readings, God proves himself trustworthy, yet again. He appears to Jacob in a dream and promises that he will be with him wherever he goes, protecting him, and bringing him back to the land, which he would also give to Jacob’s descendants. In his joy, Jacob reacts by consecrating the land…
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The Fourteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time
Today’s readings This set of readings always makes me chuckle just a little bit. Back in my second assignment, before I became a pastor, I was assigned to my home parish, which is a bit unusual. And the first Sunday I was there, these readings we have today were the readings that Sunday: “A prophet is not…
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Saint Thomas, Apostle
Today’s readings You know, sometimes I think we don’t know what we believe until we’re called upon to explain it. Especially for those of us who are “cradle Catholics” – the ones who were baptized Catholic and have grown up in the faith all our lives. We often just accept the things the Church teaches, and never…
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Saints Peter and Paul, Apostles
Today’s readings Today we celebrate a feast of great importance to our Church. Saint Peter, the apostle to the Jews, and St. Paul, the apostle to the Gentiles, come together to show how the Church is truly universal, that is, truly catholic. There are similarities between the two men. Simon’s name is changed to Peter after he professes…
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The Thirteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time
Today’s readings My absolute favorite line from this Gospel reading is, “Then he put them all out.” I can just imagine Jesus going into the house, encountering the mourners, seeing the lack of faith in all of them, and saying “Go on! Get outta here! I’ve got work to do!” Or at least that’s how I’d say it! It…
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Friday of the Twelfth Week of Ordinary Time
Today’s readings There’s quite a bit of laughing and astonishment in today’s Liturgy of the Word, and I like it! “Lord, if you wish you can make me clean.” In some ways, that is the biggest understatement in all of Scripture. Of course God can make him clean, God can do anything God wants to do. But for…
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The Nativity of Saint John the Baptist
Today’s readings Today we celebrate a feast that is a bit unusual for us. When we celebrate a saint’s day, it is usually celebrated on the feast of their death, not their birth. But today we celebrate the birth of a saint, Saint John the Baptist, and the fact that we’re celebrating his birth points…
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Tuesday of the Twelfth Week of Ordinary Time
Today’s readings Listen to those words of Jesus again: “Enter through the narrow gate;for the gate is wide and the road broad that leads to destruction,and those who enter through it are many.How narrow the gate and constricted the road that leads to life.And those who find it are few.” Those are pretty challenging thoughts,…
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Monday of the Twelfth Week of Ordinary Time (Beginning of Vacation Bible School)
Today’s readings God is absolutely, always, faithful to his promises. In our first reading tonight, God makes a promise to Abram, later to be called Abraham. God calls on him to make an act of faith and go to a foreign land to become a great nation. This would be a great miracle, because Abram…
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Friday of the Eleventh Week of Ordinary Time
Today’s readings It amazes me when I think about all that the early Church had to go through and put up with. Saint Paul writes that he put up with persecution from all sides: from his own people as well as the Gentiles. He was beaten often, endured hazardous journeys and perilous weather, as well…
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