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Today’s readings Perhaps the most distinctive aspect of Catholic worship is our celebration of the Eucharist. We state very strongly that it’s not just a symbol, not just a nice memory. It is the actual Body and Blood, Soul and … Continued
Today’s readings We’ve gathered today on the Solemnity of Pentecost … one of my favorite feasts of the whole year. Today, we have one last opportunity to celebrate the joy of the Easter season. For fifty days, we’ve been celebrating … Continued
Today’s readings If you feel like your life lately has been a crazy, roller-coaster ride of an existence, you might probably relate to the Apostles and disciples of the early church in today’s readings, and perhaps the fruits of today’s … Continued
Today’s readings Our readings today revolve around the theological virtue of hope. Hope is the virtue that recognizes our desire for happiness in this life and the next, which is an aspiration placed in our hearts by God himself (CCC … Continued
Today’s readings Today’s scriptures speak to us about the essence of what it means to live a Christian life. First, as we can see in the reading from the Acts of the Apostles, it means making a clean break with … Continued
Today’s readings I love this Gospel reading because of the way it talks about love. It would be easy enough to say that if we just love each other a little more, everything will be fine. And there is some … Continued
Today’s readings I’m always amazed by the fortitude of Saint Paul. He’s almost stoned to death and left, in fact, for dead, and he gets up and enters the city like nothing was wrong. I don’t know about you, but … Continued
Today’s readings I love to tell the children in school or religious education that the most important thing they can ever know about God is also one of the first things they ever learned about God. And that is that … Continued
Today’s readings Today’s readings are full of messengers. In the first reading, Saint Paul is a messenger bringing news of the real meaning of the ancient Scriptures in light of the death and resurrection of Jesus. And he speaks of … Continued
Today’s readings When people ask you where you are from, the way that you answer that question probably depends a lot on the context. For instance, if it was a stranger who asked you that question when you were on … Continued
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