Jesus uses a child to teach the disciples how to live with trusting simplicity. When we are tempted to seek positions of favor and power, we are directed instead to take the Lord’s hand and follow his lead.
Mass Readings – Tuesday of the 7th Week of the Year
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St. Peter Damian, pray for us!
As the people began to reject the Lord’s injunction to spread out over the earth, their desire to congregate together and build a tower to the heavens reveals their pride. May we take the lesson to heart and humbly acknowledge this nasty sin whenever it surfaces in our souls.
Mass Readings – Friday of the 6th Week of the Year
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Seven Holy Founders of the Servite Order, pray for us!
Note: ASH WEDNESDAY is next week, and in preparation for Lent perhaps we might want to do a thorough Examination of Conscience.
The lives of the Saints repeatedly demonstrate a central point in the Scriptures today: our strength does not come from us but from the Lord. May we call upon Christ for the guidance and help we require as we put our faith into practice.
Mass Readings – 4th Sunday of the Year
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When questioned by the priests and Levites as his popularity with the crowds increased, John the Baptist humbly admitted that he was not the Christ; rather, he claimed his role as one who points out the Lord to others…thus giving us an example for our own lives today.
Mass Reading – Christmas Season, January 2nd
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St. Basil the Great & St. Gregory Nazianzen, pray for us!
Both heaven and earth proclaim God’s glory, which we glimpse when we reflect upon the beauty of nature. May the glory of creation inspire us to offer our lives to the creator with grateful and humble hearts.
Mass Readings – Wednesday of the 34th Week of the Year
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St. Clement I, St. Columban, and Blessed Miguel Agustin Pro, pray for us!
Jesus uses a practical example at a banquet to reveal how to live with a humble heart.
Mass Readings – Saturday of the 30th Week of the Year
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The exhortation in Ephesians invites us to embrace the call of our life in Christ and live it in a truly exemplary manner.
Mass Readings – Friday of the 29th Week of the Year
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Here are some of the themes in the readings for the 30th Sunday of the Year.
1st Reading – Sirach 35:12-14,16-18
Psalm – 34:2-3,17-19,23
2nd Reading – 2nd Timothy 4:6-8,16-18
Gospel – Luke 18:9-14
Mass Readings – 30th Sunday of the Year
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Both the Book of Sirach and the Gospel of Luke emphasize the virtue of humility in our actions with God and one another as we confront it’s opposing vice, pride.
Mass Readings – 22nd Sunday of the Year
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St. Paul shows how God calls the weak, the lowly and those deemed foolish in the eyes of the world to stand with might before the powerful. Where do these humble people find their strength? In Jesus Christ!
Mass Readings – Saturday of the 21st Week of the Year
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St. Monica, pray for us!
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