Today’s Mass Readings 16th Sunday of the Year C Luke 10:38-42. Take a hike! I know of a couple who did a lot of entertaining. They especially enjoyed inviting family and friends over for holidays. Thanksgiving was a favorite. It became a chore getting everything ready that by the time the guests arrived, and they […]
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Today’s Mass Readings Saturday 15th Week Of the Year Matthew 12:14-21 It’s almost become a custom that the person who makes the loudest noise get the results they are seeking. It could be an individual or a group of people who have an agenda that want their voice heard. We hear this on the news […]
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Today’s Mass Readings Friday 15th Week of the Year Matthew 12:1-8. Is there someone in our life that we criticize from a distance or even to their face? Have we ever sat down with them and allowed ourselves to get to know them? As the disciples and Jesus were on the go traveling from one […]
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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. […]
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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 the proud and arrogant […]
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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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Today’s Mass Readings 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 […]
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Today’s Mass Readings 15th Sunday of the Year C Luke 10:25 – 37. Tom McGrath from Loyola Press tells the following story: Late for an important meeting, I was running for a bus when I tripped and skid headlong on the sidewalk. I hopped back on my feet and caught up with the bus, huffing […]
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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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