Tuesday of the 27th Week in Ordinary Time – Lk 10:38-42 Today’s Gospel presents us with the well-known incident of Mary and Martha. We’re reminded of how God calls us to give ourselves entirely to Him and, especially as active and often busy people, we need to be reminded how not to lose ourselves […]
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Monday of the 27th Week in Ordinary Time – Lk 10:25-37 Today’s Gospel presents us with the well-known parable of the Good Samaritan, and although we’ve certainly heard it before, we can consider, first, the context of the parable and, second, how to apply it to our lives. The road from Jerusalem to
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Twenty-seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time – Year A Is 5:1-7, Ps 80:9, 12, 13-14, 15-16, 19-20, Phil 4:6-9, Mt 21:33-43 In today’s readings, we hear a great deal about vineyards. The Prophet Isaiah explains how the friend has cared for his vineyard, and we’re made to understand that this is how God the Father
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Saturday of the Twenty-sixth Week in Ordinary Time – Lk 10:17-24 Today’s Gospel presents us with what seems like three distinct moments in Christ’s reply to His disciples as they return from preaching the Good News. First, Christ tells His disciples that He has seen Satan fall, has given them power, and to rejoice
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Friday of the Twenty-sixth Week in Ordinary Time – Odd Years – Lk 10:13-16 Today’s readings ask us to reflect on the way we serve God; the first readings this week have all been centered on the Jews either coming back from exile, or staying in exile, which they realize was a punishment for
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Thursday of the Twenty-sixth Week in Ordinary Time – Odd Years – Lk 10:1-12 Today’s readings all give us an idea of how we are to respond to the sadness and disappointments that come our way in life, both as a result of our own failings but also from the rejection and disappointment we
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Wednesday of the Twenty-sixth Week in Ordinary Time – Odd Years – Lk 9:57-62 In today’s Gospel, we confronted with three disciples who claim they want to follow Christ, but to whom Christ clarifies the requirements of discipleship. The first incident involves a man who tells Jesus, “I will follow you wherever you go.”
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[1] Interest in the Biblical foundation of the evangelical counsels is not something exclusive to the modern era. Nevertheless, it is certain that with the renewal of religious life promoted by the Second Vatican Council this interest has become the subject of much theological speculation. Many progressive theologians insist on denying the doctrine and practice
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Tuesday of the Twenty-sixth Week in Ordinary Time – Lk 9:51-56 Today’s Gospel reading is a fascinating one, particularly because Luke uses a word three times in the original that doesn’t appear at all in the translation. That word is face.[1] Translated more literally, Luke tells us that Christ had “resolutely set His face”
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Memorial of the Guardian Angels – October 2nd – Option 1 Today’s memorial of the Guardian Angels is very important, especially for the world we live in. The fact that there are angels at all should automatically draw our attention, first, to Jesus Christ, the Lord of the Angels, and, second, to His love
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