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An Understanding of ‘Repay to Caesar What Is Caesar’s’
Twenty-Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time The second part of the Book of Isaiah provides this weekend’s first reading. The context is a very bad time for God’s people. The two […]
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God Never Fails to Guide Us to Everlasting Life
Twenty-Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time The first part of the Book of Isaiah provides this weekend’s first reading at Mass. Understanding the cultural, social, political, and economic context surrounding the […]
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By Disobeying God, We Are Rejecting His Offer of Salvation
Twenty-Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time The first section of the Book of Isaiah is the source of this weekend’s first reading. The prophet speaks directly to the people. He speaks […]
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We All Can Write a Chapter in the Story of God’s Forgiveness
Twenty-sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time The Book of Ezekiel provides this weekend’s first reading. Pivotal in Jewish history was the time spent by Hebrew captives, and by their descendants, in […]
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To Gain Eternity, We Must Choose to Follow God
Twenty-Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time The last section of the Book of Isaiah provides this weekend with its first reading. Virtually none of the prophets of ancient Israel wrote when […]
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Why We Must Keep God as Our Top Priority
Twenty-Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time The Book of Sirach is the source of this weekend’s first biblical reading. Sirach’s author was Joshua, the son of Sirach. (He should not be […]
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Understanding Our Roles as Disciples in the Church
Twenty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time For the first reading this weekend, the Church gives us a passage from the ancient Book of Ezekiel. Ezekiel’s name in Hebrew in effect was […]
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Those Who Truly Believe in God Endure Much
Twenty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time Matthew 16:21-27 The Book of Jeremiah provides this weekend’s first reading. Since Jeremiah was the son of a priest, Hilkiah, he almost was reared amid […]
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God Shows Mercy to All Who Believe
Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time Matthew 15:21-28 The third section of the Book of Isaiah provides this weekend’s liturgy with its first reading. Understanding this part of Isaiah requires some […]
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We Can Become Models of the Lord’s Glory in Our Lives
Transfiguration of the Lord Matthew 17:1-9 This weekend, the Church invites us to celebrate the Feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord. The first reading is from the Book of […]
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The Most Profound of Truths Are Seen Only Through God
Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Matthew 11:25-30 This weekend, the first biblical reading is from the Book of Zechariah. Zechariah was of the priestly caste and was born in Babylon. […]
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Security Comes in Being Faithful to God
Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time Matthew 10:26-33 The Book of Jeremiah supplies this weekend’s first reading. Jeremiah wrote at a time when life was hard for God’s Chosen People. Only […]