The prophet Isaiah exhorts the people of Israel to wash themselves clean – seeking God’s goodness and avoiding evil. It’s a message that is just as relevant today.
Mass Readings – Tuesday of the 2nd Week of Lent
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Daily Mass: The measure of mercy. Catholic Inspiration
Jesus teaches how the measure of mercy applies to our hearts: “For the measure you measure will be measured out to you.”
Mass Readings – Monday of the 2nd Week of Lent
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2nd Sunday of Lent: The hope of the Transfiguration. Catholic Inspiration
The Transfiguration of Christ offers a glimpse of God’s glory on the way to the Cross. This moment – seeing Jesus as he reigns in Heaven – offers us hope as we carry our crosses, confident in the Lord’s victory.
Mass Readings – 2nd Sunday of Lent
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Daily Mass: Love your enemies. Catholic Inspiration
We find in this selection from the Sermon on the Mount one of the hardest teachings of Jesus: to love our enemies. Yet when we do this we cleanse our hearts of hate and fill them with God’s grace, so that we will be prepared to follow Christ in this life and be with Him in the next.
Mass Readings – Saturday of the 1st Week of Lent
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Daily Mass: Go first and be reconciled. Catholic Inspiration
Jesus urges his disciples to make reconciliation a priority in their lives, reminding us that forgiveness is a daily discipline as we follow the Lord.
Mass Readings – Friday of the 1st Week of Lent
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Daily Mass: Asking for what we need. Catholic Inspiration
The Lord teaches us to ask, seek and knock as we trust in God who knows the good things that we need.
Mass Readings – Thursday of the 1st Week of Lent
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Daily Mass: The ongoing call to repentance. Catholic Inspiration
Jesus affirms the preaching of Jonah to repent. This is the constant message throughout salvation history: to acknowledge our sins and return to the Lord for mercy and forgiveness.
Mass Readings – Wednesday of the 1st Week of Lent
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Daily Mass: The Lord’s Prayer and the power of forgiveness. Catholic Inspiration
Matthew’s Gospel offers the Lord’s Prayer – a powerful spiritual tool that speaks practically about the crucial role of forgiveness in our daily lives.
Mass Readings – Tuesday of the 1st Week of Lent
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Feast of the Chair of Saint Peter, Apostle
St. Peter, for all his mistakes and sins, is empowered by Christ with a new name and a commission to lead the Church. May his example inspire us to follow the Lord today with full and open hearts.
Mass Readings – Chair of St. Peter, Apostle
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1st Sunday of Lent: Confronting the darkness in our hearts. Catholic Inspiration
The temptation of Jesus in the Gospel of Mark reminds us that the darkness of sin must be confronted in our hearts with the triumph of Christ.
Mass Readings – 1st Sunday of Lent
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Catholic Inspiration – Podcast Archives of Homilies & Talks- Daily Mass: Paul has limited success in Athens
- Daily Mass: God works through Paul in prison
- Daily Mass: The Gospel is accepted in Philippi
- Study, Pray, Serve: Ascension of the Lord
- 6th Sunday of Easter: When we walk together in faith, we mentor one another
- Daily Mass: St. Paul is guided by the Holy Spirit
- Daily Mass: Our faith in Christ guides our lives
- Daily Mass: The love of Christ guides a crucial discussion in the early Church
- Daily Mass: Our lives are fruitful when we remain close to Christ
- Daily Mass: We persevere with the faith of Christ
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