The Letter to the Colossians offers sound advice: Seek what is above! May our pursuit of Jesus in all things constantly keep our eyes fixed on Heaven.
Mass Readings – Wednesday of the 23rd Week of the Year
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21st Sunday of the Year: Unity, Discipline and Heaven. Catholic Inspiration
The readings this Sunday both challenge and console us to foster unity, endure discipline, and focus on the Kingdom of Heaven. While life will not be easy, God will give us what need for the journey.
Mass Readings – 21st Sunday of the Year
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Daily Mass: The banquet of the Kingdom of Heaven…are you ready? Catholic Inspiration
The Lord uses the image of a banquet to teach us about the power, beauty and expectation of the Kingdom of Heaven. Our journey through this life provides countless opportunities for us to prepare our souls to join this heavenly feast. Are we ready?
Mass Readings – Thursday of the 20th Week of the Year
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Daily Mass: The Lord offers practical spiritual advice. Catholic Inspiration
Jesus offers three key insights that profoundly impact our spiritual lives in practical ways. The hard part? Putting them into practice every day.
Mass Readings – Wed. of the 19th Week of the Year (St. Maximillian Kolbe)
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Daily Mass: How precious is your faith? Catholic Inspiration
Like a hidden treasure or a pearl of great price, our faith is a precious gift that offers the most valuable return of all…eternal life in heaven. (I suggest that we all work for that…)
Mass Readings – Wednesday of the 17th Week of the Year
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Daily Mass: Where is your treasure? Catholic Inspiration
Jesus offers sound spiritual advice that has practical application to our daily lives. Our treasures reveal the depth of our hearts and display what we value and cherish. May we consider the things of heaven to help guide how we live each day here on earth.
Mass Readings – Friday of the 11th Week of the Year
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5th Sunday of Easter: Loving God on earth and in Heaven
Study: Consider a moment when you felt unconditional love. How did you react?
Pray: Are there people in your life who are hard to love? Ask the Lord to soften your heart, and place in you the desire to want to love them.
Serve: Love is expressed in many ways. How can you share the Love of Christ with others today?
Mass Readings – 5th Sunday of Easter
Let’s start with a quick overview of this week’s readings:
- 1st Reading – Paul & Barnabas are fostering the Church among the Gentiles
- Psalm – “I will praise your name forever, my king and my God.”
- 2nd Reading – John’s vision of a new heaven and a new earth
- Gospel – Jesus commands his disciples to love one another
The Easter season proclaims the Lord’s triumph over sin and death, and inspires us to fix our eyes on Heaven as our destination and goal. United together with the Lord, we understand that we are pilgrims passing through this world – and our words and actions have power and consequence.
Think about it. The Lord commands us to love. This is not some pleasant suggestion or good-idea-if-you-have-time-to-fit-it-in…this command is our call to action: Love flows from the heart of Heaven, and in our Love on earth we practice for the day when we will stand before the Author of Love itself.
And lest we get caught up in some sort of warm fuzzy feeling about Love, we know that this command is hard to carry out! Love demands our forgiveness, patience, mercy, gentleness, peace, and understanding. Simply put, we are called to Love as Christ loves us – by laying down our lives for one another.
Love, then, is not only a principal condition for Heaven, but for the Church on earth as well. Nothing reveals our sincerity and authenticity as Christians more fully than when Love shines through our words and actions.
Our goal is Heaven, and while here on earth the Church follows the example of Christ – loving God and one another. May others see the Lord’s Love in our lives today!
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Note: This post was first published on April 19, 2019.
