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Mass Readings – Thursday of the 12th Week of the Year
The Lord invites us to build our lives on our relationship with Him. May everything we say, think, and do be founded upon Jesus Christ!
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Daily Mass: A fruitful life. Catholic Inspiration
Fr. Andrew’s Daily Mass Homily Podcast
Mass Readings – Wednesday of the 12th Week of the Year
We know the human heart by the fruitfulness of the words and actions of a human life. May these practical words of Jesus help us to evaluate our lives and interact with others.
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Daily Mass: Fighting the Battle
Fr. Andrew’s Daily Mass Homily Podcast
Mass Readings – Tuesday of the 12th Week of the Year
Hezekiah calls upon the Lord when the people of Israel were in grave peril. May we face the battles in our lives with the same conviction, calling upon the Lord for the strength, courage, and wisdom we need to carry on.
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And if you are in need of a little extra prayer support, call on St. Michael!
Prayer to St. Michael, the Archangel
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13th Sunday of the Year – Come Follow Me
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Study: Consider a moment when you made a total commitment to a task or project. How did your commitment give you focus and strength?
Pray: Is there something keeping you from growing in your relationship with Christ? Offer it up in your prayer and ask the Lord for help.
Serve: Do you have a gift or talent that can help another in need? Perhaps the Lord is showing you a way to help build his Kingdom.
13th Sunday of the Year Readings
There are several powerful points that surface in this week’s Scripture readings. Here are a few key thoughts:
- 1st Reading – Elisha seeks to follow Elijah
- Psalm – “You are my inheritance, O Lord.”
- 2nd Reading – Paul reminds us that we are free in Christ to live in the Spirit
- Gospel – Jesus invites, “Come follow me.”
It’s this notion of following the Lord that I’d like to focus on this week. What does it mean to follow Jesus Christ? What does it mean to say that he is the Lord of our lives? Consider these thoughts:
- Christ is the #1 priority of our lives, above all else
- We seek to follow his teaching and example in all things
- In our weakness and sin, we strive to seek his forgiveness & mercy
- We recommit our lives every day as his disciples
- We open our hearts to grow daily in his grace
Practically, I’d like to suggest to key points to help us follow the Lord. First, what are the obstacles that are keeping me away from Jesus today? There are many things that can block our path to the Lord – distraction, fear, preoccupation, overly busy, exhaustion, worry – and sometimes we need to recognize these concerns and put them in perspective.
Second, what are the gifts that I bring to the Lord? God has blessed each one of us in unique and precious ways…how might we set our talents before the feet of Christ for his service in the world? How might we use our lives today to proclaim the Good News of Jesus to others?
The Lord said, “Come follow me.” As we embrace this invitation, may we offer our lives with complete conviction as walk with Jesus today.
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12th Sunday of the Year – Take up your Cross. Catholic Inspiration
Mass Readings – 12th Sunday of the Year
The Cross of Christ reveals how God entered into the heart of human suffering – to touch it, bless it, and redeem it – so that we might have the courage and strength to take up the crosses in our lives. What is your Cross? Do not be afraid, but call upon the Lord for the grace you need to take up your cross and walk the journey of life…with Jesus Christ by our side.
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Daily Mass: Useless Worry! Catholic Inspiration
Fr. Andrew’ Daily Mass Homily Podcast
Mass Readings – Saturday of the 11th Week of the Year
Do you ever find yourself wasting time on “useless worry” in your life? Many of us do, and the words of the Lord speak to this common human attribute. May we examine our lives and apply our time and energy to those things that matter…leaving worry behind.
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Daily Mass: What is your Treasure? Catholic Inspiration
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Fr. Andrew’s Daily Mass Homily Podcast
Mass Readings – Friday of the 11th Week of the Year
Where is your treasure? Jesus reminds us in the Gospel today that where our treasure is, there will our heart be.
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Daily Mass: Prayer and Forgiveness
Fr. Andrew’s Daily Mass Homily Podcast
Mass Readings – Thursday of the 11th Week of the Year
Jesus teaches us that forgiveness is a key component in our prayer to Our Father in Heaven. May we put both into daily practice.
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Daily Mass: a portion of God’s Spirit
Fr. Andrew’s Daily Mass Homily Podcast
Mass Readings – Wednesday of the 11th Week of the Year
Elisha asks for and receives a double portion of Elijah’s spirit. This spirit, filled with God’s power and grace, is our inheritance as baptized believers of Jesus Christ. May we live this precious gift every day, in what we say and do!
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12th Sunday of the Year – Take up your Cross
Study: Reflect back on moments where you carried a Cross in your life. Where did you find the strength to carry it?
Pray: Pray for those who are struggling as they endure their Cross, that God will give them the grace they need.
Serve: How can you help someone carry their Cross? How can you help lighten their load?
12th Sunday of the Year Readings
These are solemn and powerful words that greet us in the Scriptures this week. Here’s a quick recap:
- 1st Reading – Zechariah’s prophecy regarding Jesus “whom they have pierced”
- Psalm – “My soul is thirsting for you, O Lord my God.”
- 2nd Reading – Paul reminds us that we are all children of God through faith in Christ Jesus
- Gospel – Christ must suffer, and we who follow him must carry our own Cross as well
I’d like to draw out a couple of key points in the light of these readings. First, the Cross directly touches our lives…because pain, suffering, evil and injustice are all part of the landscape of human existence. The Cross of Christ speaks to us because in the Cross the Lord meets us in midst of the mess and muck of life. And as we “look on him whom they have pierced” we see in the prophetic words of Zechariah how Jesus crucifies all suffering in his Cross – and redeems us in his almighty grace!
Second, we all have our own Crosses. We have been on both the giving and receiving end of hardship, and we know firsthand our own Crosses that we have carried (and have seen others carry theirs as well.) We then recall how our Cross is a tiny splinter of the Lord’s – and that when we carry our Cross we participate in a small but significant way in the Lord’s sacrifice at Calvary.
What is your Cross? What is the burden you bear at this point in your life? May we turn to the Lord for the strength and grace we need, confident that as Christ was triumphant in his Cross he will give us the help we need to carry our own.
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Catholic Inspiration – Podcast Archives of Homilies & Talks- Daily Mass: Do not be afraid. Go on speaking, for God is with us.
- Daily Mass: The example of St. Matthias
- 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
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