The Lord offers profound, practical wisdom to engage in moments of conflict, daring to have hard conversations so that we can overcome division and foster healing and reconciliation.
Mass Readings – 23rd Sunday of the Year (#127)
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23rd Sunday of the Year: The Lord invites us to engage in hard conversations. Catholic Inspiration
Daily Mass: Jesus is Lord of our lives. Catholic Inspiration
We profess with all our hearts that Jesus Christ is Lord…and we configure our lives accordingly.
Mass Readings – Saturday of the 22nd Week of the Year (#436)
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St. Teresa of Calcutta, pray for us!
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Daily Mass: The salvation of the just comes from the Lord. Catholic Inspiration
Psalm 37 inspires us to turn to the Lord for salvation, joy, and hope!
Mass Readings – Friday of the 22nd Week of the Year (#435)
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Daily Mass: The Lord invites us to follow him. Catholic Inspiration
Jesus invites Peter and the first disciples to join him and become fishers-of-men.
Mass Readings – Thursday of the 22nd Week of the Year (#434)
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St. Gregory the Great, pray for us!
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Daily Mass: Jesus ministers to the people. Catholic Inspiration
The crowds draw near to Jesus as he teaches, preaches, drives out demons, and cure the sick.
Mass Readings – Wednesday of the 22nd Week of the Year (#433)
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Daily Mass: Jesus reveals his power and authority. Catholic Inspiration
Jesus reveals his power and authority when recognized by a demon, inviting us to call upon the Lord when we confront evil in our lives.
Mass Readings – Tuesday of the 22nd Week of the Year (#432)
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Daily Mass: Overcoming our spiritual blindness
The Lord returns to Nazareth and the people – trapped in the childhood past of Jesus – are unable to recognize the God at work in their midst.
Mass Readings – Monday of the 22nd Week of the Year (#431)
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Study, Pray, Serve: 23rd Sunday of the Year
Here are some of the main themes in the Mass Readings for the 23rd Sunday of the Year.
1st Reading – Ezekiel 33:7-9
- God charges the prophet to warn the people of their wickedness.
- If the prophet does not speak, both the people and the prophet will die.
- If the prophet speaks and the people do not listen, the people will die, but the prophet will be saved because he did what the Lord commanded.
Psalm – 95:1-2,6-9
- “If today you hear his voice, harden not your hearts.”
- We acknowledge the Lord and bow down to worship the God who guides us.
2nd Reading – Romans 13:8-10
- Owe nothing to anyone except to love one another.
- Love fulfills all the commandments of the law.
Gospel – Matthew 18:15-20
- If someone sins against us, we are to strive to address the fault, first with the person, then with others, and finally (if all else fails) with the church.
- Where two or three are gathered together in the name of Jesus, the Lord is present in their midst.
Mass Readings – 23rd Sunday of the Year (#127)
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22nd Sunday of the Year: We recognize and reject our temptations. Catholic Inspiration
Jesus speaks to Peter and calls out Satan’s temptation, inspiring us to engage in our own personal spiritual warfare, knowing that when we seek to follow Christ we will be tempted to stray. In those moments, we call upon our faith in Christ!
Mass Readings – 22nd Sunday of the Year (#124)
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Daily Mass: The death of John the Baptist. Catholic Inspiration
The cruel death of John the Baptist reveals the reality of evil in our world, inspiring us to engage our faith in the face of darkness.
Mass Readings – The Passion of St. John the Baptist (#430/634)
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St. John the Baptist, pray for us!
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Catholic Inspiration – Podcast Archives of Homilies & Talks- 23rd Sunday of the Year: The Lord invites us to engage in hard conversations
- Daily Mass: Jesus is Lord of our lives
- Daily Mass: The salvation of the just comes from the Lord
- Daily Mass: The Lord invites us to follow him
- Daily Mass: Jesus ministers to the people
- Daily Mass: Jesus reveals his power and authority
- Daily Mass: Overcoming our spiritual blindness
- Study, Pray, Serve: 23rd Sunday of the Year
- 22nd Sunday of the Year: We recognize and reject our temptations
- Daily Mass: The death of John the Baptist
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