Continuing the call to a higher standard in the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus offers a couple of spiritual insights regarding our response to others when life gets messy.
Mass Readings – Monday of the 11th Week of the Year (#365)
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Daily Mass: Turn the other cheek and give to those in need. Catholic Inspiration
Daily Mass: We are the Lord’s salt and light. Catholic Inspiration
The Lord invites us to be salt and light in the world, enhancing every opportunity as we use the gifts that God has given us to bring life and love to those we meet.
Mass Readings – Tuesday of the 10th Week of the Year
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St. Anthony of Padua, pray for us!
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Daily Mass: The comfort of the Beatitudes. Catholic Inspiration
The Beatitudes begin the Sermon on the Mount in chapters five through seven in Matthew’s Gospel, and they offer consolation and strength in the midst of the challenges of daily life.
Mass Readings – Monday of the 10th Week of the Year
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Study, Pray, Serve: 4th Sunday of the Year
Let’s take a look at some of the themes in the readings for the 4th Sunday of the Year.
1st Reading – Zephaniah 2:3; 3:12-13
- Seek the Lord in justice and humility, observing the Lord’s laws.
- The Lord will preserve a remnant who will remain faithful to God.
Psalm – 146:6-10
- “Blessed are the poor in spirit; the kingdom of heaven is theirs!”
- The Lord protects those in need, bringing healing, comfort, and hope.
2nd Reading – 1st Corinthians 1:26-31
- God works through the weak and despised to shame the strong.
- We boast only in God, who sustains us through Jesus Christ.
Gospel – Matthew 5:1-12a
- The Beatitudes have given comfort and consolation to countless people.
- This is the beginning of the Sermon on the Mount, a source of the great teaching of Jesus.
Mass Readings – 4th Sunday of the Year
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Daily Mass: We are salt and light. Catholic Inspiration
The Lord teaches that we are salt and light in the world, but with a purpose. We are called to engage this life, adding joy and strength as we share the love of Christ with those around us.
Mass Readings – Tuesday of the 10th Week of the Year
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Daily Mass: Blessed are you… Catholic Inspiration
For the next three weeks we will be reading from the Sermon on the Mount in chapters 5-7 of Matthew’s Gospel. Today we begin with the Beatitudes, and it begs a question: how do we recognize God’s blessings in our lives?
Mass Readings – Monday of the 10th Week of the Year
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Daily Mass: Nuggets of wisdom from the Lord. Catholic Inspiration
Mass Readings – Tuesday of the 12th Week of the Year
The Gospel of Matthew today reveals three nuggets of wisdom that the Lord offers in the Sermon on the Mount:
- Do not waste or squander the gifts of life and faith
- Be fair and just with one another
- Work hard to seek God above all else
The teaching is easy to understand. The hard part? Putting it into practice every day!
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Archive of Fr. Andrew’s Podcasts
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Catholic Inspiration – Podcast Archives of Homilies & Talks- St. Peter and St. Paul
- Daily Mass: The Lord desires our healing
- Daily Mass: The Lord offers a sobering reminder
- Daily Mass: We will know the tree by its fruit
- Daily Mass: The Lord offers three nuggets of spiritual wisdom
- Daily Mass: The birth of John the Baptist
- Study, Pray, Serve: 13th Sunday of the Year
- 12th Sunday of the Year: Facing the storm with the strength of faith
- Daily Mass: When overwhelmed with useless worry, we seek the Kingdom of God
- Daily Mass: Our hearts are revealed by the treasures we possess
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