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Today’s readings What Every Catholic Should Know about the Anointing of the Sick Jesus’ ministry on earth was all about healing. In today’s gospel, he heals a man who has been deaf and mute with the word of command: “Ephphatha!” … Continued
Today’s readings So what was at stake here? Was it the Sabbath? Not really. For Jesus, there wasn’t such a thing as a Sabbath breath from healing, and teaching, and bringing people to salvation. So as he walked along with … Continued
Today’s readings Our first reading tells us an important truth about our faith, and that is that in Jesus Christ, all things hold together. I often wonder how those who don’t have faith get through life. Because life brings us … Continued
Today’s readings Healing is a wonderful thing, and it is perhaps the greatest consolation we receive as believers in Christ. But healing isn’t just for us. Just as Simon’s mother-in-law got up from her fever, having been healed by the … Continued
Today’s readings Today Jesus tussles not with the scribes and Pharisees as he often does, but instead with the people of his own home town. They are amazed at his words and speak highly of him, right up until the … Continued
Today’s readings What is it that you have brought with you to Mass today? That, I think, is the real question our readings are asking us. What’s at issue is what it takes to be a follower of God, a … Continued
Today’s readings How wonderful it is to be known by God. Today the Psalmist prays, “O LORD, you have probed me and you know me; you know when I sit and when I stand; you understand my thoughts from afar.” … Continued
Today’s readings Today our Liturgy of the Word gives us the last of the readings from St. John’s Gospel that we call the Bread of Life Discourse. We’ve been reading from that one chapter of John – chapter six – … Continued
Today’s readings We spend a lot of time, too much time really, looking at other people and what is going on with them. We can be so worried that others will end up with something better than what we have, … Continued
Today’s readings Today’s Gospel reading follows immediately after yesterday’s in which the rich young man went away sad, not knowing how he could attain eternal life, because he had many possessions. Today, Jesus explains to his disciples what was going … Continued
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