Friday after Ash Wednesday Mass Readings from the USCCB How are you oppressing others? Do you quarrel and fight? Do you share your bread with the hungry? Do you clothe the naked? Do you turn your back on the needs of others? Do you think God is pleased with your fast? What can you change […]
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Thursday after Ash Wednesday Mass Readings from the USCCB Is your heart turned away? Do you listen? Dt 30:15-20 Do you want to follow Jesus? Are you losing your life for his sake? Lk 9:22-25 Questions from St. Leo From a sermon by St. Leo (Office of Readings, Second Reading for Thursday after Ash Wednesday)
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November 30, 2023 Thursday He called them, and immediately they left their boat and their father and followed him. —Mt 4:18-22 Jesus is the one who calls. He is always calling to us. Our job is to respond with all that we have and are. November 29, 2023 Wednesday “I myself shall give you a
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October 31, 2023 Tuesday “What is the Kingdom of God like?” —Lk 13:18-21 Jesus is the Kingdom. He is a shelter for all of us and he will raise us up to be with him forever. October 30, 2023 Monday “Woman, you are set free of your infirmity.” —Lk 13:10-17 Jesus is our liberator. He
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September 30, 2023 Saturday “Jesus said to his disciples, “Pay attention to what I am telling you. The Son of Man is to be handed over to men.”” —Lk 9:43b-45 Jesus is the One who is handed over for our sake. Since he handed himself over for us, we should hand ourselves over to him
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August 31, 2023 Thursday “Stay awake! For you do not know on which day your Lord will come.” —Mt 24:42-51 is Jesus a thief? Well no, because everything belongs to him. But he is someone who is coming to collect all who are waiting for him. August 30, 2023 Wednesday “Even so, on the outside
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July 31, 2023 Monday All these things Jesus spoke to the crowds in parables. —Mt 13:44-52 Jesus is a Story Teller. Jesus knows that we are all children and that a parable or story will catch our attention and stay with us, giving us a chance to remember it and ponder it. July 30, 2023
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June 30, 2023 “I will do it. Be made clean.” —Mt 8:1-4 Jesus does what he wills. We often think we can do whatever we want to do. But if we want to do good, sometimes we aren’t able to do it. And sometimes instead we decide to do bad. Jesus only wants to do
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May 31, 2023 For at the moment the sound of your greeting reached my ears, the infant in my womb leaped for joy. —Lk 1:39-56 Jesus brings joy. And anyone who is associated with Jesus also brings joy. That is why Mary also brings joy. She brings Jesus. May 30, 2023 Jesus said, “Amen, I
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April 30, 2023 So Jesus said again, “Amen, amen, I say to you, I am the gate for the sheep. —Jn 10:1-10 Jesus is the Good Shepherd who keeps all his sheep safely together. He is also the gate through which we enter into this community of his followers. April 29, 2023 Simon Peter answered
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