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Daily Mass Readings – Thursday of the 8th Week of Ordinary Time
St. Peter describes us as “Living Stones” built up into the people of God. May we draw on the Lord for the strength we need as we support and encourage one another!
Fr. Andrew’s Daily Mass Homily Podcast
Daily Mass Readings – Wednesday of the 8th Week of Ordinary Time
1st Peter tells us that we have been ransomed…with the precious blood of Christ. The Lord’s sacrifice reveals God’s value of our souls and shows us how we can share our lives – loving one another as Jesus loves us. Go make a difference today!
Fr. Andrew’s Daily Mass Homily Podcast
Daily Mass Readings – Tuesday of the 8th Week of Ordinary Time
The Gospel today reminds that the love of God is the source of all love from which all other loves and graces find their meaning and power. Do we love Christ above all else? Do we place God first in our hearts? May we continue to commit our lives to Jesus – in whose Sacred Heart flows the Love of God!
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Christ and the Rich Young Ruler, Heinrich Hofmann; 1 June 1889, 480 x 599 pixels, Riverside Church, New York, NY.
Fr. Andrew’s Daily Mass Homily Podcast
Daily Readings – Friday of the 7th Week of Ordinary Time
The reality of divorce touches all of us. What’s more, the Gospel reading today reminds us that divorce has been issue from the very beginning. In the messy and difficult moments of life, may our faith in Christ give us strength to build up marriage and help comfort those who are struggling with divorce.
Fr. Andrew’s Daily Mass Homily Podcast
Daily Mass Readings – Thursday of the 7th Week of Ordinary Time
Both James and the Lord point out the natural consequences of good and evil in the Scripture readings today. Our choices have real effect in our lives, both natural and spiritual. May we seek God above all else, allowing the grace of Jesus Christ to guide what we say and what we do.
Fr. Andrew’s Daily Mass Homily Podcast – Wednesday of the 7th Week of Ordinary Time
The Gospel reading challenges us to offer our lives for the Lord – sharing our gifts and talents to bring life to the world.
Fr. Andrew’s Homily Podcast – Tuesday of the 7th Week of the Year
James offers straightforward, practical advice: we know that there is evil in the world…avoid it! When we draw near to God we place our lives under the grace and strength of the one who died and rose that we might have eternal life.
Fr. Andrew’s 5th Sunday of the Year Homily Podcast
God keeps calling, inviting us to respond. What’s holding us back? What grace do we need to pray for so that we can offer our hearts to the Lord and one another? Here I am Lord! I come to do your will.
Fr. Andrew’s Daily Mass Homily – Thursday of the 4th Week of the Year
Life offers its share of transitions, moments when we entrust our work to another and turn over our efforts into someone else’s care. Of course, that means that things are going to get done differently – maybe in a way that we would never do – and we learn how to let go and allow things to happen beyond our control. The key ingredient to this handoff? Trusting and relying on God to see it through.
Study: Recall a moment where you felt that God was prompting you to action. What motivated you to act? What held you back?
Pray: What grace do you need to carry out your current tasks? Storm heaven for the strength you require.
Serve: How can you make an ordinary action extraordinary? How can you do a little thing with great love?
5th Sunday of the Year Readings
Fr. Andrew’s Homily Podcast
The readings incorporate the theme of being sent on mission:
In all these cases some common points surface:
These are beautiful thoughts as we sit on the doorstep of Lent! Friends, God continues to call us – providing grace – that we might respond and offer our lives for service in the world. So let’s turn these points around from our perspective:
May our words follow the example of Isaiah in the first reading today: Here am I, Lord…send me!
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