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Life is Short, Afterlife is Forever
Thirty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time Luke 20:27-38 This weekend, observed as the Thirty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time, the Church presents as the first reading a section from the Second Book […]
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God’s Gifts Guide Us to Heaven
Thirty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time Luke 19:1-10 The Book of Wisdom provides this weekend’s first reading. As the natural environment has absorbed more and more public interest, the pope and […]
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Show Humility Before God’s Greatness
Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time Luke 18:9-14 The Book of Sirach, one of those books classified by scholars collectively as the Wisdom literature, provides this weekend’s first Scriptural reading. The […]
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God Knocks, We Must Answer
Twenty-Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time Luke 18:1-8 The Book of Exodus is the source of this weekend’s first reading. As might be assumed from the book’s name, Exodus is a […]
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God’s Mercy for All
Twenty-eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time Luke 17:11-19 The Second Book of Kings furnishes this weekend’s first Scriptural reading at Mass. The two books of Kings were once a single volume, but […]
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We Are All God’s Servants
Twenty-seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time Luke 17:5-10 The first reading for this weekend comes from the Book of Habakkuk. Little is known about this prophet. It is known that the author […]
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Be Rich in What Matters
Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time Luke 16:19-31 The Book of Amos is the source of this weekend’s first reading. The book itself states that it was written during the reign […]
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Love of God More Important than Riches
Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time Reading: Luke 16:1-13 The first reading for this weekend is from the Book of Amos. This prophet, regarded as one of the minor prophets, was […]
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God’s Forgiveness Welcomes us Back into the Fold
Twenty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time Luke 15:1-32 This weekend’s first reading is from the Book of Exodus, which chronicles the passage of the Hebrew people from Egypt, where they had […]
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Discipleship is Hard, but God Gives Strength for the Journey
Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time Luke 14:25-33 The Book of Wisdom provides this weekend’s liturgy with its first scriptural reading. This book was written, according to scholars, in Alexandria by […]
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Humility – one of the most treasured virtues
Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time Luke 14:1, 7-14 “In the first reading, Sirach, the name of this book, derives from the name of the author, mentioned in the book. The […]
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Choosing Eternal Life with Jesus
Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time Luke 13:22-30 The Book of Isaiah provides the first reading for this weekend. Isaiah is a fascinating book of Scripture, covering a long period of Hebrew […]