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God, in Christ, is our hope and our life
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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The Sunday Gospel
God strives to keep us from misfortune
Twenty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time Mark 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23 The Book of Deuteronomy is the source of this weekend’s first reading. Deuteronomy is from the Pentateuch, the collection of five […]
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Faith enables us to trust the guidance of God
Twenty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time John 6:60-69 The Book of Joshua provides this weekend’s first reading. The book draws its name from the ancient Israelite leader, Joshua, who followed Moses […]
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Jesus is the bread of eternal life
Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time John 6:51-58 The Book of Proverbs is the source of this weekend’s first biblical reading. Proverbs is part of the Wisdom Literature. This literature, forming […]
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Those who search for God will find everlasting peace
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. Unified Israel’s kings are the central […]
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The Lord provides for our needs, both temporal and eternal
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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The Lord provides for all our needs
Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time John 6:1-15 The Second Book of Kings is the source for this weekend’s first reading. Originally, First and Second Kings composed one volume, but at […]
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The Lord has chosen us to be His beloved
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 […]
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The Lord appoints prophets to lead His people
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 sends prophets and His Son to show us to eternal life
Fourteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time Mark 6:1-6 The Book of Ezekiel furnishes the first reading. The prophet speaks in the first person. He says that he literally heard God speaking […]
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Through Jesus we can overcome hardships, death
Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Mark 5:21-43 The Book of Wisdom is the source of the first reading. When this book originally was written, the plight of God’s people was […]
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God wants us to experience eternal life with Him
The Nativity of St. John the Baptist Luke 1:57-66, 80 The mere scheduling of celebrating a saint’s feast day on any Sunday sends a message. The Church long has preferred […]