Mass Readings – Thursday of the 9th Week of the Year
Today is my 20th anniversary as a priest! As I reflect on the Gospel reading today, I pray that each of us will live our Christian vocation to love the Lord and one another with all our heart!
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Mass Readings – Wednesday of the 9th Week of the Year
What will it be like in Heaven? When the Sadducees try to trap Jesus, the Lord responds with wisdom that gives insight into God’s gift of eternal life.
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Mass Readings – Tuesday of the 9th Week of the Year
Jesus cuts through the hypocrisy and offers some profound wisdom regarding what we owe in Heaven and on earth.
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Like a power tool, our lives come alive with the power of the Holy Spirit when we:
Come Holy Spirit! Fill our hearts with the fire of your love!
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Mass Readings – Saturday of the 7th Week of Easter (Charles Lwanga & Companions, Martyrs)
The Lord tells Peter to follow him and not focus on what others are doing. What a good reminder for us! May we recognize that the Lord has plans for us all; our task: to carry out our work and follow Jesus with all our heart.
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Mass Readings – Friday of the 7th Week of Easter
“Do you love me?” This is the question that the Lord puts to Peter three times following the resurrection. It’s a good reminder, for in the end our lives are measured by the love – shared and received – that’s found in our hearts.
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Mass Readings – Thursday of the 7th Week of Easter (Justin Martyr)
The Lord prays for the unity of the disciples, and how pertinent that prayer remains today! May we work tirelessly to promote our connections and relationships, building up our community at all levels in life.
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Mass Readings – The Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Mary and Elizabeth – pregnant with Jesus and John the Baptist – meet and rejoice at the goodness of the Lord. Both women knew hardship, yet their faith inspires us to see God at work…in good times and in bad.
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Photo Credit: The Nativity Story, 2006.
Mass Readings – Tuesday of the 7th Week of Easter
Jesus tells his heavenly Father, “I pray for them.” His words offer hope: the Lord prays for us! Our faith, transmitted through time and space from those first disciples, inspires us to pray for one another with the grace and strength of Christ.
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Mass Readings – The Ascension of the Lord
We say in the creed, “He ascended into Heaven” yet we often do not consider what that means for our lives here on earth:
With Heaven as our home we can evaluate and review our words and actions in preparation for the day when the Lord calls us to follow Him from this world to the next.
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