The Letter of James offers sound spiritual advice and exhortation, reminding us to wage our spiritual battle by remaining close to the Lord and resisting temptation in all its forms.
Mass Readings – Tuesday of the 7th Week of the Year (#342)
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St. Christopher Magallanes & Companions, pray for us!
Out of love for all humanity Jesus empties himself, taking on our human form, and becomes obedient…even to death on a Cross.
Mass Readings – Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion (#38)
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The Letter of James teaches us to pray for the perseverance to engage our spiritual lives in the midst of the temptations and challenges of the world.
Mass Readings – Tuesday of the 6th Week of the Year (#336)
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The introduction to the Letter of James invites us to embrace the challenges and trials of life as opportunities to encounter the Lord and draw near to one another.
Mass Readings – Monday of the 6th Week of the Year (#335)
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In the exchange between Jesus and the leper, we discern that the Lord looks at us with compassion and wills that we be made clean.
Mass Readings – 6th Sunday of the Year (#77)
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After teaching the crowds, Jesus feeds the 4000 with seven loaves and a few fish, foreshadowing the moment when he will institute the Eucharist at the Last Supper.
Mass Readings – Saturday of the 5th Week of the Year (#334)
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St. Scholastica, pray for us!
The healing of a mute man with a speech impediment recalls our need to cultivate our hearing and speaking in a manner worthy of heaven.
Mass Readings – Friday of the 5th Week of the Year (#333)
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A non-Jewish woman reveals her unwavering conviction that Jesus can heal her daughter, inspiring us to foster a fervent faith in Christ as we grow in our knowledge and love of God.
Mass Readings – Thursday of the 5th Week of the Year (#332)
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St. Jerome Emiliani & St. Josephine Bakhita, pray for us!
Speaking to the crowd and the disciples, Jesus teaches that what defiles us comes from within, on the battlefield of our hearts.
Mass Readings – Wednesday of the 5th Week of the Year (#331)
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The Gospel reading reminds us that we can lose our focus in our spiritual practices, challenging us to “keep the main thing the main thing” as we concentrate our spiritual lives on what will bring us closer to the Lord and one another.
Mass Readings – Tuesday of the 5th Week of the Year (#330)
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St. Paul Miki & Companions, pray for us!
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