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All those of honest faith are of God
Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time Mark 9:38-43, 45, 47-48 The Book of Numbers, the source of the first reading for this weekend, is one of the first five books of […]
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True discipleship is concerned with service to the poor
Twenty-Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time Mark 9:30-37 The Book of Wisdom furnishes the first reading for this weekend. This book was written in an effort to say that being faithful […]
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Discipleship means denying oneself and taking up the cross
Twenty-Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time Mark 8:27-35 The last and third section of the Book of Isaiah provides the first reading for this weekend in Ordinary Time. This passage is […]
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Sin is our burden, but God’s forgiveness heals
Twenty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time Mark 7:31-37 The first reading for this weekend, from the Book of Isaiah, speaks of the blind, the deaf and the lame. Today’s culture is […]
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Welcome the Word that has been planted within you
Twenty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time Mark 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23 The Book of Deuteronomy provides this weekend’s first reading. In this reading, Moses presents to the people the revelation that he […]
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Each of us must decide whether to accept Jesus, or reject Him
Twenty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time John 6:60-69 The Book of Joshua, the source for this weekend’s first reading, looks at the period in the history of God’s people when Joshua […]
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Mary knew that through Christ, salvation had come to all
Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Luke 1:39-56 The Book of Revelation supplies the first reading on this feast of the Assumption of Mary. Some Catholics remember […]
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Peace and everlasting life are found in Jesus
Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time John 6:41-51 The First Book of Kings provides this weekend’s Liturgy of the Word with its first biblical reading. As the name implies, the kings […]
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Jesus is the bread of life, given to us and for us
Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time John 6:24-35 The Book of Exodus provides us with the first reading in this weekend’s Liturgy of the Word. As the name implies, this book […]
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Jesus is the source of our sustenance
Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time John 6:1-15 The Second Book of Kings is the source of this weekend’s first biblical reading. The two books of Kings originally were one volume. […]
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The Lord, our shepherd, cares for us
Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Mark 6:30-34 The Book of Jeremiah is the source of this weekend’s first reading. One of the three major prophets of ancient Israel, Jeremiah so […]
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God has chosen us to share in His power and eternal life
Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Mark 6:7-13 The Book of Amos is the source of this weekend’s first reading. Amos is one of the relatively few prophets of whom something […]