The parable of the sower is one of the few that Jesus explains. As we listen today, may we cultivate good soil in our hearts to receive the Lord’s words and tend a fruitful harvest.
Mass Readings – Saturday of the 24th Week of the Year
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This short passage from the Gospel of Luke names some of the women who accompanied Jesus along with the Twelve Apostles, inspiring us to ask if we are ready to travel with the Lord today.
Mass Readings – Friday of the 24th Week of the Year
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St. Robert Bellarmine…pray for us!
Jesus teaches about faith, forgiveness and love as a weeping woman anoints his feet in the home of a Pharisee.
Mass Readings – Thursday of the 24th Week of the Year
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St. Cornelius & St. Cyprian…pray for us!
The sorrow of Mary as she stood faithfully before the Cross of Christ helps us to engage our grief. When we acknowledge our sorrows, we call upon the saving strength of Jesus to pass through our pain into healing joy.
Mass Readings – Our Lady of Sorrows
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Our Lady of Sorrows…pray for us!
This feast concentrates our attention on the instrument of our salvation, as we thank the Lord who offered himself as the perfect sacrifice that restores us to right relationship with God. May we gaze upon the Cross of Christ with grateful hearts each and every day!
Mass Readings – The Exaltation of the Holy Cross
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We adore you, O Christ, and we praise you…because by your Holy Cross you have redeemed the world!
A Roman centurion displays extraordinary faith in the Lord when he approaches Jesus for a healing request.
Mass Readings – Monday of the 24th Week of the Year
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St. John Chrysostom…pray for us!
Here are some of the main themes that surface in the readings for the 25th Sunday of the Year.
1st Reading – Wisdom 2:12,17-20
Psalm – 54:3-8
2nd Reading – James 3:16-4:3
Gospel Mark 9:30-37
Mass Readings – 25th Sunday of the Year
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Jesus makes it clear that to follow him means that we will carry a cross. As we confront whatever is hard and difficult in our lives today, may we open our hearts to God’s grace at work within us…trusting that the one who was victorious over his cross will transform our own as well.
Mass Readings – 24th Sunday of the Year
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When our words and actions follow the teaching of Jesus Christ, we find our lives are built on a rock solid foundation that withstands the storms of life.
Mass Readings – Saturday of the 23rd Week of the Year
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Jesus offers sound wisdom. Before we can point out the “splinters” in someone’s eye, we need to take care of our own! This is not just about physical sight, but it applies to the spiritual obstacles that prevent us from seeing God’s grace at work in our hearts.
Mass Readings – Friday of the 23rd Week of the Year
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