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Sin Is a Choice, and So Is Following Christ
Few passages in the Scriptures are as abundant in literary technique and in theological message as is this reading from Genesis. Bluntly confronting paganism and the tendency of all humans […]
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In His Own Words, Christ Calls Us to Be Salt and Light to the World
The Book of Isaiah’s third section is the source of this first weekend’s reading. Scholars believe that this section was written perhaps in Jerusalem for the Hebrew remnant that had […]
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Christ Has Come; Now, We Must Live Out the Gospel
The first biblical reading this weekend is from Zephaniah. These details are known about this prophet: He was the son of Cushi and a descendant of Hezekiah, presumably King Hezekiah, […]
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The Temptation to Sin is No Match for Those Who Serve God
The Book of Isaiah supplies this weekend’s first reading. It offers us a powerful lesson. When this part of Isaiah was written, God’s people were skating on thin ice. They […]
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John the Baptist Calls Each of Us to ‘Behold the Lamb of God’
The Book of Isaiah furnishes this weekend’s first reading. Relief and joy uplifted the atmosphere. Hopes centered upon a bright future, all because of the fact that, after the humiliation, […]
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We Are Sinners, and Only in Christ Can We Be Cleansed
As winter begins each year, the Church presents three great feasts to celebrate our salvation in Jesus but also to teach us the meaning of salvation in Jesus. Christmas was […]
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Like the Magi, All Are Called to Seek the Lord and Pay Homage to Him
This weekend, the Church invites us to celebrate the feast of the Epiphany of the Lord, one of the most revered feasts in the Christian calendar. Clear and distinct in […]
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God Makes Each of Us Beloved Through His Son’s Birth and Death
This weekend the Church celebrates the fourth and last Sunday of Advent 2025. For its first reading, this weekend’s liturgy offers a reading from the first section of the Book […]
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Christ is King Who Reigns with Full Authority
The Second Book of Samuel furnishes the first biblical reading for this solemnity, marking the close of the Church’s year. Once the two books of Samuel composed a single volume. […]
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Christ Is Still with Us, Still Forgives Us, and Still Nourishes Us
This weekend, the Church celebrates the feast of the Dedication of the Basilica of St. John on the Lateran Hill in Rome. Most Catholics, and indeed most people, presume St. […]
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Christ Purifies Us – Heals Us – from the Damage of Sin
Almost 1,000 years ago, the great Benedictine abbey of Cluny in France, situated roughly two-thirds of the way from Paris to Geneva, was a major center of learning, piety, caring […]
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Strive to Please God; Only Foolish Seek Earthly Rewards
The Book of Sirach provides this weekend’s first Scriptural reading. The book is part of the group of biblical writings classified by scholars collectively as the Wisdom Literature. The Wisdom […]