The Lord’s light empowers our sight and helps us respond to the needs we see in our lives, including the examples offered in today’s reading from the Letter to the Hebrews.
Mass Readings – Friday of the 4th Week of the Year (#327)
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Daily Mass: The Lord is our light and our salvation. Catholic Inspiration
Daily Mass: Christ sends us with his support. Catholic Inspiration
Jesus empowers and sends out the Twelve in pairs to carry out his mission, challenging them to rely on God’s providence as they support one another with his grace.
Mass Readings – Thursday of the 4th Week of the Year (#326)
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St. Paul Miki & Companions, pray for us!
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Daily Mass: We discipline our wills as we face the trials of life. Catholic Inspiration
We endure the trials of life with the discipline of the Lord, who tests us so that we might grow in grace and reach our full stature as sons and daughters of God.
Mass Readings – Wednesday of the 4th Week of the Year (#325)
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St. Agatha, pray for us!
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Daily Mass: We run the race with our eyes fixed on Jesus. Catholic Inspiration
Like an athlete that competes before a great cloud of witnesses, the Letter to the Hebrews exhorts us to keep our eyes fixed on Jesus as we persevere in running our race.
Mass Readings – Tuesday of the 4th Week of the Year (#324)
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Daily Mass: Christ sends us home to our family. Catholic Inspiration
After driving out demons in a possessed man, Jesus sends him back home to his family to proclaim what God has done in his life.
Mass Readings – Monday of the 4th Week of the Year (#323)
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St. Blaise & St. Ansgar, pray for us!
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Study, Pray, Serve: 5th Sunday of the Year
Here are some of the themes that we find in the Mass readings for the 5th Sunday of the Year.
1st Reading – Isaiah 6:1-2a,3-8
- The prophet has a vision of the seraphim glorifying God saying, “Holy, holy, holy!”
- The prophet then declares “Here I am!” when the Lord calls for someone to send.
Psalm – 138:1-5,7-8
- “In the sight of the angels I will sing your praises, Lord.”
- We call upon the Lord, who builds up strength within us.
2nd Reading – 1st Corinthians 15:1-11
- Paul recaps key elements about Jesus, inviting the people to hold fast to this knowledge.
- Through the grace of God, Paul has been sustained to carry out his work.
Gospel – Luke 5:1-11
- Jesus directs Peter to put out into deep water, and the nets bring in an immense catch of fish.
- Afterwards, Jesus tells Peter, “Do not be afraid; from now on you will be catching men.”
Mass Readings – 5th Sunday of the Year (#75)
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The Presentation of the Lord. Catholic Inspiration
As Jesus is presented in the temple, Simeon and Anna are able to see with the eyes of faith that this little baby is the messiah and savior of the world.
Mass Readings – Feast of the Presentation of the Lord (#524)
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Daily Mass: We foster our faith in Christ. Catholic Inspiration
In Mark’s Gospel Jesus challenges the disciples to grow in faith, and the Letter to the Hebrews offers a powerful example in the person of Abraham.
Mass Readings – Saturday of the 3rd Week of the Year (#322)
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Daily Mass: In the midst of suffering, we call upon Christ. Catholic Inspiration
The Letter to the Hebrews minces no words when it comes to the reality of suffering, instructing us to face the trials of life with perseverance and faith.
Mass Readings – Friday of the 3rd Week of the Year (#321)
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St. John Bosco, pray for us!
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Daily Mass: What is the measure that we use? Catholic Inspiration
Jesus offers a profound spiritual insight about the consequences of our lives as the measure we apply to others will be used on us.
Mass Readings – Thursday of the 3rd Week of the Year (#320)
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