Tag Archives: Trust

Daily Mass: A child can teach us how to follow Jesus. Catholic Inspiration

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Jesus uses a child to teach the disciples how to live with trusting simplicity. When we are tempted to seek positions of favor and power, we are directed instead to take the Lord’s hand and follow his lead.

Mass Readings – Tuesday of the 7th Week of the Year

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St. Peter Damian, pray for us!


Daily Mass: The Lord is our shepherd; there is nothing we shall want. Catholic Inspiration

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Psalm 23 has comforted people for thousands of years. May we hear these words today with an open heart, as we follow the call of the Good Shepherd.

Mass Readings – Saturday of the 4th Week of the Year

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Daily Mass: Some scripture lessons about faith. Catholic Inspiration

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We find aspects of faith in the Letter to the Hebrews, the Canticle of Zechariah, and the words of Jesus to the disciples in the midst of a storm. In all three we see how our faith in God is built up as we trust in the Lord and look to the future with hope.

Mass Readings – Saturday of the 3rd Week of the Year

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St. Thomas Aquinas, pray for us!


Daily Mass: Jesus meets us where we’re at, then invites us to follow. Catholic Inspiration

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The call of Levi and his response to the Lord reveals how God meets us where we’re at in life and invites us to step out in faith and follow.

Mass Readings – Saturday of the 1st Week of the Year

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Study, Pray, Serve: 27th Sunday of the Year

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Let’s examine some of the themes in the readings for the 27th Sunday of the Year.

1st Reading – Habakkuk 1:2-3; 2:2-4

  • The prophet calls upon the Lord for help in the midst of suffering and misery.
  • God answers, stating that the fulfillment will come in its proper time.
  • One must have faith, the steadfast trust in God’s promises, in order to live.

Psalm – 95:1-2,6-9

  • “If today you hear his voice, harden not your hearts.”
  • With enduring faith, we worship and acclaim the Lord our God.

2nd Reading – 2nd Timothy 1:6-8,13-14

  • We “stir into flame the gift of God” when we bear hardship for the Gospel.
  • The Holy Spirit will help us remain faithful.

Gospel – Luke 17:5-10

  • The Lord exhorts the Apostles to have faith like a mustard seed.
  • Faith is a normal response to our love for the Lord, and not an excuse for special rewards.

Mass Readings – 27th Sunday of the Year

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Daily Mass: In God we trust. Catholic Inspiration

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The Lord’s words challenge and console us as we consider who will be saved. The challenge happens when we place our hope in worldly things. The consolation comes when we trust in the Lord, who makes all things possible.

Mass Readings – Tuesday of the 20th Week of the Year

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St. Stephen of Hungary, pray for us!


Daily Mass: Lord save me! Catholic Inspiration

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Jesus responds to Peter’s cry for help, reminding the disciples that faith in him empowers us to face our fears.

Mass Readings – Tuesday of the 18th Week of the Year

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St. Eusebius of Vercelli and St. Peter Julian Eymard, pray for us!


Daily Mass: We are clay in the hands of the potter. Catholic inspiration

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Jeremiah uses the image of the clay and the potter to describe our relationship to the Lord. May we offer our lives to Christ, the Master Potter, to shape us for his service in the world.

Mass Readings – Thursday of the 17th Week of the Year

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Daily Mass: The conversion of St. Paul. Catholic Inspiration

Paul’s conversion from enemy to advocate of Christianity was made possible through the courage of Ananias, whose example inspires us to live our faith with boldness, conviction and trust.

Mass Readings – Feast of the Conversion of St. Paul

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St. Paul, pray for us!


Daily Mass: Listen, act and trust in the Lord! Catholic Inspiration

The first reading from Isaiah and the Gospel of Matthew inspire us to trust in the Lord as we listen to Christ and act on his word.

Mass Readings – Thursday of the 1st Week of Advent

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