James teaches us that perseverance in the face of temptation is part of our human journey through life.
Mass Readings – Tuesday of the 6th Week of the Year (#336)
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Seven Holy Founders of the Servite Order, pray for us!
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Daily Mass: Perseverance is crucial in the spiritual life. Catholic Inspiration
Daily Mass: We embrace the trials of life with God’s help. Catholic Inspiration
The Letter of James invites us to consider the trials of life as opportunities to grow in perseverance and faith.
Mass Readings – Monday of the 6th Week of the Year (#335)
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6th Sunday of the Year: Christ calls us to look inward and out. Catholic Inspiration
As Jesus teaches with authority to his disciples, he invites us to embrace his covenant by looking inward and outward with the spirit of a vibrant faith.
Mass Readings – 6th Sunday of the Year (#76)
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Daily Mass: The Lord nourishes body and soul. Catholic Inspiration
Jesus teaches and the feeds the people, revealing how he continues to nourish us every time we come to pray at Mass.
Mass Readings – Saturday of the 5th Week of the Year (#334)
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St. Cyril and St. Methodius, pray for us!
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Daily Mass: The gift of hearing and speech. Catholic Inspiration
Jesus cures a deaf man with a speech impediment as the people give praise to God.
Mass Readings – Friday of the 5th Week of the Year (#333)
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Daily Mass: The power of a simple and direct prayer to God. Catholic Inspiration
A non-Jewish woman comes to Jesus with a simple and direct request for her daughter’s healing.
Mass Reading – Thursday of the 5th Week of the Year (#332)
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Daily Mass: The spiritual battle is often fought in our hearts. Catholic Inspiration
Jesus teaches the crowds that it is what comes out of a person’s heart that has the power to defile.
Mass Readings – Wednesday of the 5th Week of the Year (#331)
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Our Lady of Lourdes, pray for us!
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Daily Mass: The Lord invites us to put first things first. Catholic Inspiration
When questioned by the scribes and Pharisees, Jesus admonishes them to attend to God’s commandments when they are distracted by lesser traditions.
Mass Readings – Tuesday of the 5th Week of the Year (#330)
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St. Scholastica, pray for us!
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Daily Mass: Our hearts yearn for healing in body, mind, heart, and soul. Catholic Inspiration
The crowds swarm around Jesus, seeking healing for themselves and their loved ones.
Mass Readings – Monday of the 5th Week of the Year (#329)
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Study, Pray, Serve: 6th Sunday of the Year
Here are some of the themes in the Mass readings for the 6th Sunday of the Year.
1st Reading – Sirach 15:15-20
- Trusting in God and following the commandments bring us life and salvation.
- God understands all our deeds and no one has license to sin.
Psalm – 119:1-2,4-5,17-18,33-34
- “Blessed are they who follow the law of the Lord!”
- Those who are blameless and observe the Lord’s decrees will live.
2nd Reading – 1st Corinthians 2:6-10
- Paul preaches the wisdom of God as it has been revealed through the Spirit.
Gospel – Matthew 5:17-37
- Jesus teaches how his commandments far exceed the precepts of the law.
- The Lord speaks forcefully about killing, adultery, divorce and false oaths.
Mass Readings – 6th Sunday of the Year (#76)
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