Psalm 79 invites us to recognize our sins and turn to the Lord for the grace we need for repentance, reconciliation, and newness of life.
Mass Readings – Tuesday of the 17th Week of the Year (#402)
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St. Peter Chrysologus, pray for us!
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Daily Mass: For the glory of your name, O Lord, deliver us. Catholic Inspiration
Daily Mass: We repent of our sins and turn to the Lord. Catholic Inspiration
Jesus reproaches the cities of Chorazin, Bethsaida, and Capernaum, because they have seen the Lord’s miracles and they have still not repented.
Mass Readings – Tuesday of the 15th Week of the Year (#390)
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Our Lady of Mount Carmel, pray for us!
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Study, Pray, Serve: 3rd Sunday of Easter
Here are some of the themes that we see in the readings for the 3rd Sunday of Easter.
1st Reading – Acts of the Apostles 3:13-15,17-19
- Peter cites salvation history, showing how God has glorified Jesus as the Holy and Righteous One.
- The people are then called to repent and be converted, so that their sins may be wiped away.
Psalm – 4:2,4,7-9
- “Lord, let your face shine on us.”
- We call upon God for strength in times of distress.
2nd Reading – 1st Letter of John 2:1-5a
- Jesus Christ is the expiation for our sins.
- When we keep Christ’s word, the love of God is perfected in us.
Gospel – Luke 24:35-48
- Jesus appears to the disciples, showing them his hands and feet while eating among them.
- The Lord then opens the minds of the disciples, helping them understand how he has fulfilled the Scriptures through his saving death and resurrection.
Mass Readings – 3rd Sunday of Lent (Year B, #47)
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Daily Mass: The Easter joy that invites us to repent and receive the Holy Spirit.
Following Peter’s speech, the crowd is cut to the heart and asks what they must do. Peter’s response to repent, be baptized, and receive the Holy Spirit inspires us to live our faith with an ongoing conversion of heart as the Spirit guides us throughout our lives.
Mass Readings – Tuesday in the Octave of Easter (#262)
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Daily Mass: Jesus calls us to repent. Catholic Inspiration
Like Jonah before the people of Nineveh, Jesus calls the people (including us!) to repent.
Mass Readings – Wednesday of the 1st Week of Lent
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St. Peter Damian, pray for us!
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Daily Mass: The Lord calls us to repentance. Catholic Inspiration
Following the call of Levi, Jesus responds to the scribes and Pharisees, saying that he has come to call sinners to repentance. (Hint: that means all of us.) #222
Mass Readings – Saturday after Ash Wednesday
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Seven Founders of the Servite Order, pray for us!
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Ash Wednesday: Repent, and believe in the Gospel!
“Repent, and believe in the Gospel” are the words we hear as the ashes today are smeared on our foreheads, humbly reminding us that we have all greatly sinned and stand in desperate need of God’s mercy.
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Study, Pray, Serve: 1st Sunday of Lent
Here are some of the themes that we find in the readings for the 1st Sunday of Lent.
1st Reading – Genesis 9:8-15
- God makes a covenant with Noah, that never again will creation be destroyed by a flood.
- God’s sign of this covenant is the rainbow in the sky.
Psalm – 25:4-9
- “Your ways, O Lord, are love and truth to those who keep your covenant.”
- God guides us and makes known the ways and paths that teach us justice and truth.
2nd Reading – 1st Peter 3:18-22
- Put to death in the flesh, Christ suffered for sins once, and was brought to life in the Spirit.
- The Lord preached to the souls in prison, saving us through his resurrection to cleanse us of our sins.
Gospel – Mark 1:12-15
- The Spirit drove Jesus into the desert where he remained for forty days and was tempted by Satan.
- Following John’s arrest, Jesus comes to Galilee and proclaims: “The kingdom of God is at hand. Repent and believe in the gospel.”
Mass Readings – 1st Sunday of Lent (B, #23)
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26th Sunday of the Year: To do the will of God. Catholic Inspiration
Both Ezekiel and Jesus offer a teaching about the crucial need to carry out God’s will, inviting us to discover how we can follow the Lord through the patterns and opportunities of daily life.
Mass Readings – 26th Sunday of the Year (A)
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Daily Mass: A summary of our faith in Jesus Christ. Catholic Inspiration
The Letter to the Colossians offers a succinct summary of our life in Jesus Christ, who frees us from our sins through his death. Our task? Remain firm in faith and embrace the hope of the Gospel!
Mass Readings – Saturday of the 22nd Week of the Year
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St. Peter Claver, pray for us!
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