Today’s Mass Readings Wednesday 13th Week of the Year Matthew 8:28-34 The healing grace of Jesus always has the potential to bring together people estranged from each other. Paganism thrived in the Gadarene territory which Jesus entered. They did not follow the Jewish prohibition of raising pigs. Such an occupation didn’t bother Jesus as he […]
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Friday 3rd Week of Lent
Today’s Mass Readings Friday 3rd Week of the Year Matthew 12:28-34 Growing in the way of Jesus on a daily occurrence is rarely perceived by us, but others do notice. Living a gospel way of life in the early Church, being a disciple of Jesus was called, “the Way.” People were excited after their initial conversion. […]
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Today’s Mass Readings Friday 2nd Week of the Year Mark 3:13-19. In our fast-paced world, we expect everything right now. Fast food restaurants, fast lane checkouts at the grocery store and using a credit card at the gas pumps fulfill our need for speed. Conversion isn’t like that. People don’t change as quickly. Think of […]
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Today’s Mass Readings by Fr. Rick Pilger, I.C. Pastor Monday 1st Week of the Year Mark 1:14-20 Following the Lord can change even the most difficult and loathsome situations into joy when we do it with Jesus. Someone recruiting others to join their organization look for like-minded people who share a common cause. The call to […]
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Today’s Mass Readings Monday 28th Week of the Year. Luke 11:29-32 Are you ready to be Jonah? Jesus says he is like Jonah who preached repentance to the people of Nineveh. Repentance is the first step to conversion. It is a deliberate turning away from something that is destroying our lives and the lives of […]
Read moreSt. Matthew Apostle September 21
Today’s Mass Readings St. Matthew Apostle September 21. Matthew 9:9-13. Matthew rose from his tax collectors table immediately when Jesus called him. We just heard about the moment when Jesus called Matthew to follow him. One can’t help but notice when reading this Gospel, Jesus didn’t call just Matthew, but all of Matthew’s friends as […]
Read moreSt. Mary Magdalene Feast July 22
Today’s Mass Readings St. Mary Magdalene Feast July 22 John 20:1-2, 11-18 In his Resurrection, Jesus took the sting out of death. Let us reflect on our own conversion as we consider today the Feast of St. Mary Magdalene. A person cannot help but love St. Mary Magdalene. “Death where is your sting,” writes St. […]
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Changes in RCIA
The Rite of Catechetical Instruction for Adults, RCIA, has recently made some changes to the way it educates and brings adults into full communion with the Church. In the past, each year a new group of inquirers would be formed. These individuals, regardless of their history, would go through catechesis until Easter. Then at the […]
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