Mary’s Magnificat inspires us to acknowledge the blessings of our lives and put them into practice.
Mass Readings – The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
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Category Archives: Ordinary Time
Daily Mass: Let the children come to Jesus. Catholic Inspiration
It’s a beautiful image: Jesus inviting the children to come forward to be blessed and embraced. May Christ’s example inspire us to bring our kids to the Lord – to encounter the unconditional love of God.
Mass Readings – Saturday of the 19th Week of the Year
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St. Maximilian Kolbe…pray for us!
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Daily Mass: Dealing with divorce. Catholic Inspiration
The pain of divorce is a part of our human experience, and our response can be guided by faith, wisdom and a compassionate heart. May the Lord’s teaching today in the Gospel of Matthew help us to support one another.
Mass Readings – Friday of the 19th Week of the Year
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Saints Pontian and Hippolytus…pray for us!
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Daily Mass: Forgiveness as a way of life. Catholic Inspiration
Forgiveness is one of those commandments of Jesus that can sound lovely until we have to put it into practice…again and again. And yet forgiveness is the crucial key that unlocks our hard hearts and allows God’s grace and mercy to enter in.
Mass Readings – Thursday of the 19th Week of the Year
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St. Jane Frances de Chantal…pray for us!
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Daily Mass: Confronting conflict. Catholic Inspiration
Jesus offers sound practical advice for engaging one another in situations of conflict. May we take the Lord’s words to heart as we reach out to one another with a healing spirit.
Mass Readings – Wednesday of 19th OT
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St. Clare…pray for us!
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Daily Mass: God loves a cheerful giver. Catholic Inspiration
St. Paul offers sound advice for our personal disposition whenever we make an offering of our lives.
Mass Readings – Tuesday of the 19th Week of the Year
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St. Lawrence…pray for us!
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Daily Mass: We love and serve the Lord with all our heart and soul. Catholic Inspiration
Moses offers an exhortation to the people of Israel with words that speak to our hearts today!
Mass Readings – Monday of the 19th Week of the Year
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St. Theresa Benedicta of the Cross…pray for us!
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Study, Pray, Serve: The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Here are some of the themes from the readings on this feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
1st Reading – Revelation 11:19a, 12:1-6a, 10ab
- The Church interprets the woman in this passage as Mary.
- The dragon is the enemy who attempts to destroy the woman and child.
- The voice of heaven proclaims God’s authority and kingdom have come through the son, born of the woman, who will rule all nations.
Psalm – 45:10-12,16
- “The queen stands at your right hand, arrayed in gold.”
- This psalm, when applied to Mary, reveals her majesty among all created things as queen.
2nd Reading – 1st Corinthians 15:20-27
- The death and resurrection of Jesus Christ overturns the first sin of Adam.
- Christ will reign over all things, finally destroying death forever.
Gospel – Luke 1:39-56
- The first part of the passage describes the interaction between Mary and Elizabeth as their babies (from within the womb) leap for joy.
- The second part of the passage offers Mary’s great Magnificat of praise and thanksgiving to God.
Mass Readings – The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
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Our Lady, Queen of Heaven…pray for us!
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19th Sunday of the Year: You are what you eat. Catholic Inspiration
As we continue to hear the “Bread of Life” discourse from the sixth chapter of the Gospel of John, we reflect on how our spiritual health is renewed by the frequent and worthy reception of Holy Communion. We are what we eat!
Mass Readings – 19th Sunday of the Year
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Daily Mass: May we have the faith of a mustard seed. Catholic Inspiration
Following the glory of the Transfiguration, the disciples encounter a situation that reveals their lack of faith. May the Lord’s example of the mustard seed inspire us to draw closer to Christ each and every day.
Mass Readings – Saturday of the 18th Week of the Year
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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
- Study, Pray, Serve: 2nd Sunday of Easter
- 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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