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Tuesday of the Thirty-fourth Week in Ordinary Time
Rv 14:14-19; Ps 96:10-13; Lk 21:5-11“The LORD shall rule the peoples with constancy.” The end of the world prevents the triumph of chaos. We need
Tuesday of the Thirty-fourth Week in Ordinary Time
Rv 14:14-19; Ps 96:10-13; Lk 21:5-11“The LORD shall rule the peoples with constancy.” The end of the world prevents the triumph of chaos. We need
Monday of the Thirty-fourth Week in Ordinary Time
Rv 14:1-5??; Ps 24:1-6??; Lk 21:1-4?? “?Such is the race that seeks the face of God.” One question that arises in our readings for today’s
Feast of Christ the King
November 25, 2012 John 18:33b-37 Gospel Summary The choice of this text from John’s gospel could not be more appropriate for the feast of Christ
Thanksgiving Day
Sir 50:22-24; Ps 138:1-5; 1Cor 1:3-9; Lk 17:11-19“Give thanks with all your heart!” Who gives thanks today? We give thanks with all our hearts. We
Memorial of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Rv 4:1-11; Ps 150:1-6; Lk 19:11-28“Let everything that has breath: praise!” Nothing has breath without the divine breath. The Holy Spirit hovered over the chaos
Thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time
November 18, 2012 Mark 13:24-32 Gospel Summary Jesus promises his disciples that they will see the Son of Man coming in the clouds with great
Memorial of Saint Elizabeth of Hungary, religious
3Jn 5-8??; Ps 112:1-6??; Lk 18:1-8??“Light shines through the darkness” Saint Frances Cabrini and her sisters lived in faithful response to the word of the
Thirty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time
November 11, 2012 Mark 12:38-44 Gospel Summary The Scribes mentioned in today’s gospel were not a religious sect, as were the Pharisees and Sadducees. They
Thirty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time
November 4, 2012 Mark 12:28-34 Gospel Summary In a friendly conversation a scribe asks Jesus what he believes the first of all the commandments to
Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time
October 28, 2012 Mark 10:46-52 Gospel Summary: The curing of a blind man in today’s gospel passage is remarkable for several reasons. First of all,
Twenty-ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time
October 21, 2012 Mark 10:35-45 Gospel Summary James and John ask that when Jesus enters his glory he would grant them positions of honor and
Twenty-eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time
October 14, 2012 Mark 10:17-30 Gospel Summary: In today’s gospel passage, the rich young man who approaches Jesus asks the universally felt human question about
Twenty-seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time
October 7, 2012 Mark 10:2-16 Gospel Summary Some Pharisees, wanting to involve Jesus in current controversies about divorce, ask him whether it is lawful for
Twenth-sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time
September 30, 2012 Mark 9:38-43, 45, 47-48 Gospel Summary Mark’s gospel is noted for its use of plain and blunt language and today’s gospel passage
Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time
September 23, 2012 Mark 9:30-37 Gospel Summary While journeying through Galilee, Jesus teaches his disciples and tells them that he is to be handed over
Twenty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time
September 16, 2012 Mark 8:27-35 Gospel Summary Today’s gospel passage gives us an account of the most critical turning-point in the public ministry of Jesus.
Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time
September 9, 2012 Mark 7:31-37 Gospel Summary Jesus leaves the district of Tyre, and by way of Sidon goes into the district of the Decapolis.
Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time
September 2, 2012 Mark 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23 Gospel Summary Today’s gospel reading introduces a familiar theme concerning religious observance. The Pharisees were a group of
Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time
John 6:60-69 Gospel Summary This passage brings the sixth chapter of John’s gospel to a climactic conclusion. Jesus has fed a large crowd with bread
