The Lord’s cleansing of the sellers and money changers in the temple area invites us to consider what steps we need to take to cleanse the temple of our hearts.
Mass Readings – 3rd Sunday of Lent (B – #29)
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3rd Sunday of Lent: Cleansing the temple of our hearts. Catholic Inspiration
Daily Mass: The measure we use will be used on us. Catholic inspiration
Jesus teaches his disciples and commands them to act accordingly, mindful that the measure we use (for good or bad purpose) will be used on us.
Mass Readings – Monday of the 2nd Week of Lent (#230)
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Daily Mass: Out of the depths I cry to you, O Lord. Catholic Inspiration
Psalm 130 connects our deep human pain with our trust in the Lord’s forgiveness, mercy and redemption.
Mass Readings – Friday of the 1st Week of Lent (#228)
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St. Polycarp, pray for us!
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6th Sunday of the Year: The Lord wills that we be made clean. Catholic Inspiration
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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Daily Mass: Lord, forgive the wrong I have done. Catholic Inspiration
Psalm 32 helps us honestly acknowledge our sins in order to receive God’s grace and healing mercy.
Mass Readings – Wednesday of the 4th Week of the Year (#325)
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St. John Bosco, pray for us!
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Daily Mass: Listen Lord, and answer me! Catholic Inspiration
In light of the two miracles that Jesus performs in Mark’s Gospel, the words of Psalm 86 stir our souls to seek God’s healing and renewal in our lives.
Mass Readings – Tuesday of the 4th Week of the Year (#324)
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Daily Mass: The courage to account for our sins. Catholic Inspiration
David acknowledges his sin when confronted by the prophet Nathan, inviting us to seek the courage to account for our sins before the Lord.
Mass Readings – Saturday of the 3rd Week of the Year (#322)
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St. Angela Merici, pray for us!
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Daily Mass: We are children of God. Catholic Inspiration
In the First Letter of John we see the high dignity that God places on human life, calling us into the family of faith as children of God.
Mass Readings – Christmas Weekday (#206)
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24th Sunday of the Year: Forgiveness is the Christian way of life. Catholic Inspiration
“How often must I forgive?” Peter asks Jesus. The Lord’s parable and the first reading from the Book of Sirach make it clear that forgiveness is a non-negotiable component of Christian life. May we kneel before the crucifix and pray for the grace to put this teaching into daily practice.
Mass Readings – 24th Sunday of the Year (A)
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Study, Pray, Serve: 24th Sunday of the Year
Here are some of the themes that we find in the Mass readings for the 24th Sunday of the Year.
1st Reading – Sirach 27:30-28:9
- While wrath and anger are hateful things, the sinner hugs them tight.
- If a person expects mercy and pardon for sins, enmity must be set aside.
Psalm – 103:1-4,9-12
- “The Lord is kind and merciful, slow to anger, and rich in compassion.”
- God pardons, heals, and redeems us out of kindness.
2nd Reading – Romans 14:7-9
- None of us lives or dies for oneself, but for the Lord.
- Christ has died and rose that he might be Lord of the dead and the living.
Gospel – Matthew 18:21-35
- When asked by Peter how often must he forgive his brother, Jesus offers a parable about a servant who failed to forgive someone in a small way after he had experienced great forgiveness from his master.
- The Lord then applies the parable to us all: we must forgive one another if we expect to be forgiven by God.
Mass Readings – 24th Sunday of the Year
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