Today’s Mass Readings Thursday 15th Week of the Year Matthew 11:28-30. Jesus wants to do more than fix our problems. He stands ready to bear them with us on his cross at the Eucharist we celebrate every day. Jesus grew up in Nazareth among ordinary people plying the trade of his foster father, St. Joseph. […]
Read moreAuthor: Rick Pilger
Father Pilger, I.C. was born in Canton, Illinois and was ordained at St. John’s Seminary, Wonersh, England in December 1978. He joined the Blessed Sacrament Parish in August 1995, coming here from Sacred Heart Parish in Bradenton Florida. After 22 years as Parochial Vicar, he was appointed Pastor by Bishop Gregory Parkes in June 20, 2017.Wednesday the 15th Week of the Year
Today’s Mass Readings Wednesday 15th Week of the Year Matthew 11:25-27. Pray to have the heart of a child. Jesus stops for a moment with his disciples to give praise to his Father for those who accept his Word and follow him. We have seen in the last few days how proud and arrogant individuals […]
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Today’s Mass Readings Tuesday 15th Week of the Year Matthew 11:20-24. These words of Jesus “Woe to you, Chorazin and Bethsaida” sound very harsh. In reality, it’s more of an “excited warning!” It’s the fearful warning of what could happen to someone driving too fast up a mountain, and the road is washed out ahead […]
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Monday 15th Week of the Year Monday 15th Week of the Year Matthew 10:34-11:1 Take some time to pray over the people in our lives who strengthen and who weaken our relationship with Jesus and the Church. Jesus lived in a culture that had strong family ties. In that culture aunts and uncles, cousins and in-laws all lived in the same household. […]
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Today’s Mass Readings 15th Sunday of the Year A Matthew 13:1-9. When I was a kid an elderly woman down the block from us spent as much time as she could in her garden—and it showed. She could get plants to grow that none of her neighbors could do. “I spend a lot of my […]
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Today’s Mass Readings Saturday 14th Week of the Year Matthew 10:24-33. Fear of the Lord is the same gift that Jesus had in his heart when he endured all of his blows and scourging, and that enabled him to carry his cross and die on it on Calvary. Once again Jesus is encouraging his disciples to […]
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Today’s Mass Readings Friday 14th Week of the Year Matthew 10:16-23. Not everyone will welcome the Good News of Jesus. May we never lose faith in him. Yesterday we saw how Jesus sent his disciples on a mission. They soon learned that they could depend on God for everything. They experienced that dependence in the […]
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Today’s Mass Readings Thursday 14th Week of the Year Matthew 10:7-15 Our unselfish love for others becomes contagious even when we perform the simplest act of giving them cold glass of water in the Lord’s Name. Jesus tells his disciples not to provide for any of their needs when he sends them out. They are […]
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Today’s Mass Readings Wednesday 14th Week of the Year. Matthew 10:1-7. The 12 disciples Jesus called were from different backgrounds and had different backgrounds. Perhaps today we can make peace with someone we rarely see eye to eye. We have heard in the Gospels this past week how Jesus went about healing people and driving […]
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Today’s Mass Readings Tuesday 14th Week of the Year Matthew 9:32-38. In the gospel, Jesus tells us that the harvest is abundant. There is plenty of work to do, plenty of opportunities to be his presence for all we meet every day. More laborers! Ask for more laborers. Notice that Jesus doesn’t say, “The harvest […]
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