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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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 […]
Read moreMonday 28th Week of the Year.
Today’s Mass Readings Monday 28th Week of the Year. Luke 11:29-32 Are you ready to sing a new song? 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 […]
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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Session 10: The Last Things
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Session 9: Mary and the Saints
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Session 8: Why Do I Need the Church
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Session 7: The Holy Spirit and the Life of Grace
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Session 6: The Paschal Mystery
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