The Lord challenges us to examine what we treasure so that our hearts are directed toward a heavenly goal.
Mass Readings – Friday of the 11th Week of the Year (#369)
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St. Aloysius Gonzaga, pray for us!
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Daily Mass: Our hearts are revealed by the treasures we possess. Catholic Inspiration
Daily Mass: This is how we are to pray. Catholic Inspiration
The Lord’s Prayer is a gift from Christ to help us pray in direct and focused language. May we use it often!
Mass Readings – Thursday of the 11th Week of the Year (#368)
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Daily Mass: Almsgiving, Prayer, and Fasting. Catholic Inspiration
Almsgiving, prayer, and fasting are ancient spiritual practices that have power to transform our souls. May we put them into practice today!
Mass Readings – Wednesday of the 11th Week of the Year (#367)
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St. Romuald, pray for us!
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Daily Mass: Love your enemies. Catholic Inspiration
Arguably the toughest teaching in the Bible, Jesus makes it clear that his disciples must love their enemies and pray for those who persecute them.
Mass Readings – Tuesday of the 11th Week of the Year (#366)
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Daily Mass: Turn the other cheek and give to those in need. Catholic Inspiration
Continuing the call to a higher standard in the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus offers a couple of spiritual insights regarding our response to others when life gets messy.
Mass Readings – Monday of the 11th Week of the Year (#365)
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Study, Pray, Serve: 12th Sunday of the Year
Here are some of the themes that we find in the Mass readings for the 12th Sunday of the Year.
1st Reading – Job 18:1,8-11
- From the storm God addresses Job, reminding him that it was the Lord’s might that set the limits and boundaries of all creation.
Psalm – 107:23-26,28-31
- “Give thanks to the Lord, his love is everlasting.”
- In the midst of the power and might of nature, the people call upon the Lord and give him glory and praise.
2nd Reading – 2nd Corinthians 5:14-17
- Impelled by the love of Christ, we no longer live for ourselves but for the one who died and rose for us.
- Those who are in Christ are now a new creation, and they no longer live according to the flesh.
Gospel – Mark 4:35-41
- Jesus is with the disciples in a boat when a violent storm comes upon them.
- Upon awakening, the Lord calms the storm with a word and chastises the disciples for their lack of faith.
Mass Readings – 12th Sunday of the Year (#95)
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11th Sunday of the Year: Growing the Kingdom of God. Catholic Inspiration
Jesus offers a couple of parables to explain the kingdom of God, offering us an opportunity to apply these insights of faith into our daily lives.
Mass Readings – 11th Sunday of the Year (B, #92)
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Daily Mass: Let our “yes” mean “yes,” and our “no” mean “no.” Catholic Inspiration
Jesus offers sound advice for how we speak in a truthful, sincere and solemn manner.
Mass Readings – Saturday of the 10th Week of the Year (#364)
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Daily Mass: The Lord speaks about adultery and divorce. Catholic Inspiration
Jesus offers a challenging teaching about lust, adultery, and divorce. Recognizing that these concerns have been with humanity since the dawn of time, we look for ways to build up marriage and respond with God’s grace when life gets messy.
Mass Readings – Friday of the 10th Week of the Year (#363)
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Daily Mass: Go first and be reconciled! Catholic Inspiration
Jesus teaches that reconciliation is a non-negotiable commandment for the Christian life. It begs the question: who do I need to forgive in my life today?
Mass Readings – Thursday of the 10th Week of the Year (#362)
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St. Anthony of Padua, pray for us! (And please help us find whatever we’ve lost today…!)
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Catholic Inspiration – Podcast Archives of Homilies & Talks- Daily Mass: Let the Lord enter!
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- Daily Mass: The family tree of Jesus as told by Matthew
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- Daily Mass: Teach me your ways, O Lord
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- 3rd Sunday of Advent: Christ fulfills the prophecy of Isaiah
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- Our Lady of Guadalupe inspires us to magnify the Lord
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