In this fourth of a six-part Lenten series, Carry Your Cross, Fr. Andrew continues a discussion of Matthew 16:13-28 regarding how prayer, sacraments, and service shape our lives as disciples of Jesus Christ.
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Carry Your Cross: We are guided by prayer, sacraments, and service
Daily Mass: If today we hear God’s voice, harden not our hearts! Catholic Inspiration
Psalm 95 joyfully invites us to turn to the Lord with open and receptive hearts.
Mass Readings – Thursday of the 3rd Week of Lent (#240)
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Daily Mass: The Old and New Commandments direct our lives. Catholic Inspiration
Jesus teaches that he fulfills the commandments of the Old Testament, calling us to recognize their power in our lives as we embrace the teaching of both the Old and New.
Mass Readings – Wednesday of the 3rd Week of Lent (#239)
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The Annunciation of the Lord invites us to respond with fervent faith. Catholic Inspiration
Psalm 40 echoes Mary’s response to the angel Gabriel, encouraging us to reaffirm our faith each day with zeal and enthusiasm.
Mass Readings – Solemnity of the Annunciation of the Lord (#545)
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Daily Mass: The struggle to share faith with our family. Catholic Inspiration
The rejection of Jesus in the city of Nazareth reminds us that sometimes the people we struggle with the most in sharing our faith are those who know us best.
Mass Readings – Monday of the 3rd Week of Lent (#237)
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Study, Pray, Serve: 4th Sunday of Lent
Let’s explore some of the themes in the Mass readings for the 4th Sunday of Lent.
1st Reading – Joshua 5:9a,10-12
- On the plains of Jericho, the people celebrated the Passover and ate the fruit of the land, and on that same day the manna ceased.
Psalm – 34:2-7
- “Taste and see the goodness of the Lord.”
- We praise and bless the Lord, who delivers us from all our fears and saves us.
2nd Reading – 2nd Corinthians 5:17-21
- God has reconciled us to himself in Christ, and we are now a new creation.
- Paul then exhorts us to always be reconciled to God.
Gospel – Luke 15:1-3,11-32
- A younger son demands his inheritance and departs from his father and older brother where he squanders his money.
- The younger son repents and returns to his father, who welcomes him with compassion and joy.
- When the older son hears of this, he refuses to celebrate, and the father gently comes to him to teach a lesson about reconciliation.
Mass Readings – 4th Sunday of Lent (#33)
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3rd Sunday of Lent: We’re standing on holy ground. Catholic Inspiration
Standing on holy ground before the burning bush, Moses encounters God and is sent by the Lord for a chosen task.
Mass Readings – 3rd Sunday of Lent (#30)
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Daily Mass: The kindness and mercy of God inspires our faith. Catholic Inspiration
Psalm 103 reminds us that “the Lord is kind and merciful” and inspires us to seek out Christ with eager and fervent faith for the grace we need each day.
Mass Readings – Saturday of the 2nd Week of Lent (#235)
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Daily Mass: We open our hearts and offer our lives to Christ. Catholic Inspiration
Jesus offers a parable to the Pharisees that challenges us to make a fruitful offering of our lives to the Lord.
Mass Readings – Friday of the 2nd Week of Lent (#234)
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Carry Your Cross: We face Satan’s obstacles with God’s grace
In this third of a six-part Lenten series, Carry Your Cross, Fr. Andrew continues a discussion of Matthew 16:13-28 regarding how Satan sets obstacles in the form of deception, temptation, and fear to keep us from carrying our crosses in life.
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Catholic Inspiration – Podcast Archives of Homilies & Talks- Daily Mass: Beware of anger and pray for guidance from God
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- Daily Mass: Ask, seek, knock!
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- Daily Mass: We pray for forgiveness
- Daily Mass: When we serve the poor we care for Christ
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- 1st Sunday of Lent: Facing our temptations
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