Jeremiah and John the Baptist put their lives on the line for proclaiming God’s message, inviting us to consider how our faith in Christ is a matter of life and death.
Mass Readings – Saturday of the 17th Week of the Year (#406)
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Daily Mass: Our faith in Christ is a matter of life and death. Catholic Inspiration
Daily Mass: We speak and listen to the tough message. Catholic Inspiration
Jeremiah is charged with delivering a tough message, even though the people do not want to hear it.
Mass Readings – Friday of the 17th Week of the Year (#405)
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St. Eusebius of Vercelli and St. Peter Julian Eymard, pray for us!
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Daily Mass: We are like clay in the hand of the potter. Catholic Inspiration
Jeremiah reminds us that like clay in God’s hands, we can be molded, fashioned, reshaped, and restored.
Mass Readings – Thursday of the 17th Week of the Year (#404)
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St. Alphonsus Liguori, pray for us!
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Daily Mass: The Kingdom of Heaven is a treasure beyond price. Catholic Inspiration
Jesus offers two examples that reveal that the Kingdom of Heaven far surpasses any treasure we possess here on earth.
Mass Readings – Wednesday of the 17th Week of the Year (#403)
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St. Ignatius of Loyola, pray for us!
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Daily Mass: For the glory of your name, O Lord, deliver us. Catholic Inspiration
Psalm 79 invites us to recognize our sins and turn to the Lord for the grace we need for repentance, reconciliation, and newness of life.
Mass Readings – Tuesday of the 17th Week of the Year (#402)
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St. Peter Chrysologus, pray for us!
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Daily Mass: We foster our friendship with Jesus Christ. Catholic Inspiration
On this Memorial of Martha, Mary, and Lazarus, we recognize the deep friendship they have with the Lord, and we discern how we foster our connection with Christ, our savior and friend.
Mass Readings – Memorial of Martha, Mary, and Lazarus (#401/607)
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St. Martha, St. Mary, St. Lazarus, pray for us!
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Study, Pray, Serve: 18th Sunday of the Year
Here are some of the themes in the Mass readings for the 18th Sunday of the Year.
1st Reading – Exodus 16:2-4,12-15
- Complaining about their hunger, the people grumble against Moses and Aaron.
- The Lord responds, offering quail and manna for the people to eat.
Psalm – 78:3-4,23-25,54
- “The Lord gave them bread from heaven.”
- The psalm recalls the miracle of the manna that God gave the children of Israel.
2nd Reading – Ephesians 4:17,20-24
- We put away the old self of our former way of life, corrupted through deceitful desires.
- Renewed in spirit, we put on the new self, created in God’s righteousness and truth.
Gospel – John 6:24-35
- Amazed by the miracle of the fishes and loaves, the crowd follows Jesus back to Capernaum.
- Jesus references the miracle of the manna, but then boldly claims, “I am the bread of life.”
Mass Readings – 18th Sunday of the Year (#113)
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17th Sunday of the Year: Christ feeds us abundantly. Catholic Inspiration
The sixth chapter of John’s Gospel begins with an extraordinary miracle as Jesus feeds thousands from just five loaves and two fish.
Mass Readings – 17th Sunday of the Year (#110)
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Daily Mass: Weeds and Wheat. Catholic Inspiration
Jesus offers a parable of wheat and weeds, reminding us that in the end the two will be separated and judged.
Mass Readings – Saturday of the 16th Week of the Year (#400)
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Daily Mass: The Lord will guard us, as a shepherd guards his flock. Catholic Inspiration
The response from the prophet Jeremiah invites us to entrust our lives into the hands of the shepherd who loves, cares, and defends us.
Mass Readings – Friday of the 16th Week of the Year (#399)
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St. Joachim & St. Anne, pray for us!
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