Jesus offers and then explains a parable, highlighting some of the main ways we are tempted away from the Word of God.
Mass Readings – Saturday of the 24th Week of the Year (#448)
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St. Januarius, pray for us!
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Daily Mass: An insight into our temptations. Catholic Inspiration
Daily Mass: What will we offer to the Lord today? Catholic Inspiration
We learn the names of three of the women who journeyed with Jesus and the apostles, understanding how the Lord continues to call us by name to offer our lives today.
Mass Readings – Friday of the 24th Week of the Year (#447)
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Daily Mass: We approach Christ in need of mercy and forgiveness. Catholic Inspiration
A sinful woman approaches Jesus and anoints his feet, and the Lord reveals God’s desire to offer us mercy and forgiveness.
Mass Readings – Thursday of the 24th Week of the Year (#446)
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St. Robert Bellarmine & St. Hildegard of Bingen, pray for us!
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Daily Mass: We live our faith with zeal and conviction. Catholic Inspiration
Jesus invites the people to live for the Lord with conviction, empowering our faith in God to direct our lives.
Mass Readings – Wednesday of the 24th Week of the Year (#445)
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St. Cornelius & St. Cyprian, pray for us!
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Daily Mass: Mary, Our Lady of Sorrows. Catholic Inspiration
Today we recall the sorrow of Mary as she endured the passion and death of her Son on the Cross.
Mass Readings – Our Lady of Sorrows (#444/639)
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Daily Mass: The Exaltation of the Holy Cross of Christ. Catholic Inspiration
Jesus speaks to Nicodemus, revealing God’s love for the world through the Cross of Christ.
Mass Readings – The Exaltation of the Holy Cross (#638)
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We adore you, O Christ, and we praise you. Because by your Holy Cross you have redeemed the world!
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Study, Pray, Serve: 25th Sunday of the Year
Let’s explore some of the themes in the Mass Readings for the 25th Sunday of the Year.
1st Reading – Isaiah 55:6-9
- Isaiah urges the people to seek and call upon the Lord while he is near.
- God’s thoughts and ways and not like ours; as the heavens are high above the earth, so are God’s ways high above our own.
Psalm – 145:2-3,8-9,17-18
- “The Lord is near to all who call upon him.”
- God’s goodness and kindness is revealed in the compassion extended to all creation.
2nd Reading – Philippians 1:20c-24,27a
- Christ is magnified in our bodies, by life or by death.
- St. Paul is in conflict: death means that he will be with Christ; life means that he is able to serve Christ’s people.
Gospel – Matthew 20:1-16a
- Jesus offers a parable about a landowner who is generous to the laborers who could not work a full day in his vineyard.
Mass Readings – 25th Sunday of the Year (#133)
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24th Sunday of the Year: It’s all about forgiveness. Catholic Inspiration
Jesus offers a parable that makes it clear that forgiveness is non-negotiable for a disciple of Christ.
Mass Readings – 24th Sunday of the Year (#130)
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Daily Mass: The Lord offers two practical spiritual insights. Catholic Inspiration
Jesus offers two rich spiritual insights that have tremendous potential to guide our lives.
Mass Readings – Saturday of the 23rd Week of the Year (#442)
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Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us!
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Daily Mass: We work on ourselves first before we point out the faults of others. Catholic Inspiration
Jesus offers practical spiritual advice that urges us to examine with a humble heart our own faults first before we call out the sins of others.
Mass Readings – Friday of the 23rd Week of the Year (#441)
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Catholic Inspiration – Podcast Archives of Homilies & Talks- Daily Mass: An insight into our temptations
- Daily Mass: What will we offer to the Lord today?
- Daily Mass: We approach Christ in need of mercy and forgiveness
- Daily Mass: We live our faith with zeal and conviction
- Daily Mass: Mary, Our Lady of Sorrows
- Daily Mass: The Exaltation of the Holy Cross of Christ
- Study, Pray, Serve: 25th Sunday of the Year
- 24th Sunday of the Year: It's all about forgiveness
- Daily Mass: The Lord offers two practical spiritual insights
- Daily Mass: We work on ourselves first before we point out the faults of others
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