Jesus offers a parable of wheat and weeds, reminding us that in the end the two will be separated and judged.
Mass Readings – Saturday of the 16th Week of the Year (#400)
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Daily Mass: The Lord will guard us, as a shepherd guards his flock. Catholic Inspiration
The response from the prophet Jeremiah invites us to entrust our lives into the hands of the shepherd who loves, cares, and defends us.
Mass Readings – Friday of the 16th Week of the Year (#399)
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St. Joachim & St. Anne, pray for us!
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Daily Mass: We hold this treasure in earthen vessels. Catholic Inspiration
St. Paul reveals that we are like earthen vessels, containing the treasure of Jesus Christ who sustains us in spite of our weakness and fragility.
Mass Readings – St. James, Apostle (#605)
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St. James, pray for us!
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Daily Mass: As we draw near to God, we proclaim the Good News. Catholic Inspiration
Jeremiah and the Psalmist reveal that out of our relationship with God arises opportunities to speak words of faith to those around us.
Mass Readings – Wednesday of the 16th Week of the Year (#397)
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St. Sharbel Makhluf, pray for us!
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Daily Mass: Joining the family of Jesus. Catholic Inspiration
Jesus offers his disciples a way to be connected to his family when we do the will of our heavenly Father.
Mass Readings – Tuesday of the 16th Week of the Year (#396)
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St. Bridget, pray for us!
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Daily Mass: The feast of Mary Magdalene. Catholic Inspiration
Mary Magdalene’s example inspires us to embrace the Lord in the messiness of our lives as we follow Christ and carry out his commands.
Mass Readings – The feast of Mary Magdalene (#603)
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Study, Pray, Serve: 17th Sunday of the Year
Let’s explore some of the themes that appear in the Mass readings for the 17th Week of the Year.
1st Reading – 2nd Kings 4:42-44
- Elisha commands that 20 barley loaves be given to feed 100 people.
- The people eat their fill and there is some left over.
Psalm – 145:10-11,15-18
- “The hand of the Lord feeds us; he answers all our needs.”
- We give thanks to God, who is just and generous.
2nd Reading – Ephesians 4:1-6
- Paul urges the people to live in a manner worthy of their call, with humility, gentleness, patience, love, unity, and peace.
- He reminds them that they possess one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all.
Gospel – John 6:1-15
- Jesus performs a miracle, feeding over five thousand men with only five barley loaves and two fish.
- The crowd is satisfied, and there are twelve wicker baskets of fragments left over.
Mass Readings – 17th Sunday of the Year (B-#110)
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16th Sunday of the Year: The work of the shepherd. Catholic Inspiration
The shepherd protects, guides, and takes care of the sheep. In our need we draw near to the Lord our shepherd, even as we are mindful of the moments when we are called by God to shepherd those entrusted to our care.
Mass Readings – 16th Sunday of the Year (B – #107)
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Daily Mass: Christ leads and directs our lives. Catholic Inspiration
In the face of open hostility, Jesus continues his ministry and fulfills Isaiah’s prophecy of God’s plan for salvation history.
Mass Readings – Saturday of the 15th Week of the Year (#394)
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St. Appollinaris, pray for us!
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Daily Mass: Jesus is Lord of our lives. Catholic Inspiration
Jesus declares that he is Lord of the sabbath, revealing that as God he is the center and priority of our lives.
Mass Readings – Friday of the 15th Week of the Year (#393)
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Catholic Inspiration – Podcast Archives of Homilies & Talks- Daily Mass: We seek to do the will of God
- Daily Mass: Knowledge of Scripture is knowledge of Christ
- Daily Mass: We receive the gift of God and share it with others
- Daily Mass: Christian faith speaks to the mind and the heart
- Daily Mass: Our lives give witness to our faith in Christ
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- Easter Sunday, the Resurrection of the Lord
- Holy Saturday at the Easter Vigil
- Good Friday of the Lord's Passion
- Holy Thursday, the Evening Mass of the Lord's Supper
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