Jesus teaches his disciples and commands them to act accordingly, mindful that the measure we use (for good or bad purpose) will be used on us.
Mass Readings – Monday of the 2nd Week of Lent (#230)
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Daily Mass: The measure we use will be used on us. Catholic inspiration
Daily Mass: Out of the depths I cry to you, O Lord. Catholic Inspiration
Psalm 130 connects our deep human pain with our trust in the Lord’s forgiveness, mercy and redemption.
Mass Readings – Friday of the 1st Week of Lent (#228)
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St. Polycarp, pray for us!
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6th Sunday of the Year: The Lord wills that we be made clean. Catholic Inspiration
In the exchange between Jesus and the leper, we discern that the Lord looks at us with compassion and wills that we be made clean.
Mass Readings – 6th Sunday of the Year (#77)
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Daily Mass: We draw near to the tender compassion of Christ. Catholic Inspiration
The Lord’s compassion toward the disciples and the crowd encourages us to set aside our fears and draw near to Christ.
Mass Readings – Saturday of the 4th Week of the Year (#328)
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St. Blaise & St. Ansgar, pray for us!
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Daily Mass: Lord, forgive the wrong I have done. Catholic Inspiration
Psalm 32 helps us honestly acknowledge our sins in order to receive God’s grace and healing mercy.
Mass Readings – Wednesday of the 4th Week of the Year (#325)
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St. John Bosco, pray for us!
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Study, Pray, Serve: 24th Sunday of the Year
Here are some of the themes that we find in the Mass readings for the 24th Sunday of the Year.
1st Reading – Sirach 27:30-28:9
- While wrath and anger are hateful things, the sinner hugs them tight.
- If a person expects mercy and pardon for sins, enmity must be set aside.
Psalm – 103:1-4,9-12
- “The Lord is kind and merciful, slow to anger, and rich in compassion.”
- God pardons, heals, and redeems us out of kindness.
2nd Reading – Romans 14:7-9
- None of us lives or dies for oneself, but for the Lord.
- Christ has died and rose that he might be Lord of the dead and the living.
Gospel – Matthew 18:21-35
- When asked by Peter how often must he forgive his brother, Jesus offers a parable about a servant who failed to forgive someone in a small way after he had experienced great forgiveness from his master.
- The Lord then applies the parable to us all: we must forgive one another if we expect to be forgiven by God.
Mass Readings – 24th Sunday of the Year
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Daily Mass: We are known and loved by the Lord. Catholic Inspiration
Psalm 139 reveals the awareness that God searches and knows our hearts, inspiring us to embrace the depth of the Lord’s love and respond with joyous faith.
Mass Readings – Wednesday of the 21st Week of the Year
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Daily Mass: God gives the people a jubilee year. Catholic Inspiration
The Lord sets before the children of Israel the guidelines for a jubilee year, where wrongs are righted and relationships are restored.
Mass Readings – Saturday of the 17th Week of the Year
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Daily Mass: God’s faithfulness to a stiff-necked people. Catholic Inspiration
Moses pleads on behalf of the people for the Lord’s forgiveness.
Mass Readings – Tuesday of the 17th Week of the Year
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St. Alphonsus Liguori, pray for us!
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Study, Pray, Serve: 16th Sunday of the Year
Here are some of the main themes that surface in the Mass readings for the 16th Sunday of the Year.
1st Reading – Wisdom: 12:13,16-19
- God is the source of all might and justice who judges with clemency.
- The Lord teaches the people that those who are just must also be kind and seek repentance.
Psalm – 86:5-6,9-10,15,16
- “Lord, you are good and forgiving.”
- God, who is merciful and gracious, abounds in kindness toward all who plead for help.
2nd Reading – Romans 8:26-27
- The Spirit comes to the aid of our weakness, even when we do not know how to pray.
- God’s will is that the Spirit will intercede for us.
Gospel – Matthew 13:24-43
- Jesus offers three parables: about weeds in a wheat field, a mustard seed, and yeast mixed into wheat flour.
- The Lord then explains to the disciples about the parable of the weeds and the wheat.
Mass Readings – 16th Sunday of the Year
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