The rejection of Jesus in the city of Nazareth reminds us that sometimes the people we struggle with the most in sharing our faith are those who know us best.
Mass Readings – Monday of the 3rd Week of Lent (#237)
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Category Archives: Lent
Daily Mass: The struggle to share faith with our family. Catholic Inspiration
Study, Pray, Serve: 4th Sunday of Lent
Let’s explore some of the themes in the Mass readings for the 4th Sunday of Lent.
1st Reading – Joshua 5:9a,10-12
- On the plains of Jericho, the people celebrated the Passover and ate the fruit of the land, and on that same day the manna ceased.
Psalm – 34:2-7
- “Taste and see the goodness of the Lord.”
- We praise and bless the Lord, who delivers us from all our fears and saves us.
2nd Reading – 2nd Corinthians 5:17-21
- God has reconciled us to himself in Christ, and we are now a new creation.
- Paul then exhorts us to always be reconciled to God.
Gospel – Luke 15:1-3,11-32
- A younger son demands his inheritance and departs from his father and older brother where he squanders his money.
- The younger son repents and returns to his father, who welcomes him with compassion and joy.
- When the older son hears of this, he refuses to celebrate, and the father gently comes to him to teach a lesson about reconciliation.
Mass Readings – 4th Sunday of Lent (#33)
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3rd Sunday of Lent: We’re standing on holy ground. Catholic Inspiration
Standing on holy ground before the burning bush, Moses encounters God and is sent by the Lord for a chosen task.
Mass Readings – 3rd Sunday of Lent (#30)
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Daily Mass: The kindness and mercy of God inspires our faith. Catholic Inspiration
Psalm 103 reminds us that “the Lord is kind and merciful” and inspires us to seek out Christ with eager and fervent faith for the grace we need each day.
Mass Readings – Saturday of the 2nd Week of Lent (#235)
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Daily Mass: We open our hearts and offer our lives to Christ. Catholic Inspiration
Jesus offers a parable to the Pharisees that challenges us to make a fruitful offering of our lives to the Lord.
Mass Readings – Friday of the 2nd Week of Lent (#234)
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Carry Your Cross: We face Satan’s obstacles with God’s grace
In this third of a six-part Lenten series, Carry Your Cross, Fr. Andrew continues a discussion of Matthew 16:13-28 regarding how Satan sets obstacles in the form of deception, temptation, and fear to keep us from carrying our crosses in life.
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Daily Mass: We have everything we need to live our faith. Catholic Inspiration
Jesus offers a parable to the Pharisees about a rich man and Lazarus, inviting us to consider the tools and resources of our faith that help us journey from this life to the next.
Mass Readings – Thursday of the 2nd Week of Lent (#233)
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Daily Mass: St. Joseph inspires us to put our faith into action. Catholic Inspiration
St. Joseph, who does not say a single word in the Gospels, demonstrates his faith in God by the way he lives and acts.
Mass Readings – Solemnity of St. Joseph, Spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary (#543)
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St. Joseph, pray for us!
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Daily Mass: We give witness to Christ by our humble service. Catholic Inspiration
Jesus teaches that the path to greatness in his kingdom is through humble service to one another.
Mass Readings – Tuesday of the 2nd Week of Lent (#231)
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St. Cyril of Jerusalem, pray for us!
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Daily Mass: What’s the measure of our lives? Catholic Inspiration
The Lord exhorts his disciples to action, mindful that the measure we measure out to others will be measured out to us.
Mass Readings – Monday of the 2nd Week of the Year (#230)
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St. Patrick, pray for us!
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Catholic Inspiration – Podcast Archives of Homilies & Talks- 4th Sunday of Advent: Our faith gives strength to our lives
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