Peter’s statement and the Lord’s response inspire us to make a daily offering for God. While sacrifice is often challenging, Christ strengthens and guides us with help from heaven.
Mass Readings – Tuesday of the 8th Week of the Year
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Tag Archives: Faith
Daily Mass: Behold your mother. Catholic Inspiration
On this feast of Mary, the Mother of the Church, may the words of Jesus to John inspire us to look to Mary’s example of discipleship and love as Christ invites each of us to “behold, your mother.”
Mass Readings – Memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Mother of the Church
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Holy Mary, Mother of the Church, pray for us!
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Study, Pray, Serve: The Most Holy Trinity
Here are some of the themes in the Mass readings for the Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity.
1st Reading – Exodus 34:4b-6,8-9
- Moses, holding the stone tablets, encounters the Lord on Mount Sinai.
- Moses asks the Lord to accompany the stiff-necked people of Israel and pardon their wickedness and sins.
Psalm – Deuteronomy 3:52-55
- “Glory and praise for ever!”
- Blessed be the Lord who is holy, glorious, praiseworthy, and exalted above all forever.
2nd Reading – 2nd Corinthians 13:11-13
- Paul exhorts the people to mend their ways as they encourage one another to live in peace.
- Paul then extends the grace of Jesus, the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit to be with them.
Gospel – John 3:16-18
- One of the most beloved lines in the entire Bible: “God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him might not perish but might have eternal life.”
- God sends his Son, not to condemn the world, but that the world might be saved through him.
Mass Readings – The Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity
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Pentecost: Come, Holy Spirit, and kindle in us the fire of your love! Catholic Inspiration
The power of the Holy Spirit transforms the hearts and minds of disciples, filling us with God’s grace and sending us forth to offer our lives as we follow the call of Christ.
Mass Readings – Pentecost Sunday, Mass during the Day
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Daily Mass: Paul in Rome. Catholic Inspiration
Paul speaks with the Jews in Rome, giving witness to Christ even while under house arrest.
Mass Readings – Saturday of the 7th Week of Easter
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St. Augustine of Canterbury, pray for us!
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Daily Mass: What others say about Paul. Catholic Inspiration
In a rare moment in Acts of the Apostles, we get to “listen in” on a conversation between Festus, King Agrippa, and Bernice.
Mass Readings – Friday of the 7th Week of Easter
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St. Philip Neri, pray for us!
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Daily Mass: Paul in Jerusalem. Catholic Inspiration
Speaking before the Sanhedrin in Jerusalem, Paul is informed by the Lord that he has one more journey…to give witness to Christ in Rome.
Mass Readings – Thursday of the 7th Week of Easter
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St. Bede, St. Gregory VIII and St. Mary Magdalene de’Pazzi, pray for us!
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Daily Mass: Paul’s farewell, Part II. Catholic Inspiration
Paul concludes his farewell to the presbyters of the Church of Ephesus, and the response from the group reveals how one life can make a profound difference in the hearts of many.
Mass Readings – Wednesday of the 7th Week of Easter
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Daily Mass: Paul’s farewell, Part I. Catholic Inspiration
Paul offers a heartfelt farewell from Miletus to the presbyters of the Church at Ephesus. His words reveal the depth of friendship that was forged from his passionate proclamation of the faith.
Mass Readings – Tuesday of the 7th Week of Easter
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Daily Mass: Paul prays for the Holy Spirit in Ephesus. Catholic Inspiration
Traveling to Ephesus, Paul encounters disciples who only knew about the baptism of repentance. After teaching and baptizing them in the name of the Lord Jesus, these disciples are filled with the Holy Spirit.
Mass Readings – Monday of the 7th Week of Easter
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St. Rita of Cascia, pray for us!
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Catholic Inspiration – Podcast Archives of Homilies & Talks- Daily Mass: Two simple rules to live by
- Daily Mass: Jesus speaks about the resurrection of the dead
- Daily Mass: Christ offers a wise response to a verbal trap
- Daily Mass: Christ is our cornerstone
- Study, Pray, Serve: The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ
- The Most Holy Trinity: A communion of love
- Daily Mass: The precepts of the Lord bring joy to the heart
- Daily Mass: Faith, Prayer, and Forgiveness
- Daily Mass: We want to see Jesus
- The Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
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