Reading I Jgs 11:29-39a The Spirit of the LORD came upon Jephthah. He passed through Gilead and Manasseh, and through Mizpah-Gilead as well, and from there he went on to the Ammonites. Jephthah made a vow to the LORD. “If you deliver the Ammonites into my power,” he said, “whoever comes out of the doors […]
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Rather than celebrating the 20th Sunday in the Ordinary Time, Mother Church invites us to celebrate the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. I don’t have to tell you that we, as Catholics, believe some pretty unique things about Mary – things many other faithful Christians don’t embrace. And while many of
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Reading I Jos 24:1-13 Joshua gathered together all the tribes of Israel at Shechem, summoning their elders, their leaders, their judges and their officers. When they stood in ranks before God, Joshua addressed all the people: “Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel: In times past your fathers, down to Terah, father of Abraham
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Reading I Dt 10:12-22 Moses said to the people: “And now, Israel, what does the LORD, your God, ask of you but to fear the LORD, your God, and follow his ways exactly, to love and serve the LORD, your God, with all your heart and all your soul, to keep the commandments and statutes
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19th Sunday in Ordinary Time “. . . and the bread that I will give is my flesh for the life of the world.” As Catholics, it’s easy to hear those words and immediately think of the Eucharist. After all, what happens at this sacred table is central to who we are – the source
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Reading I Dt 6:4-13 Moses said to the people: “Hear, O Israel! The LORD is our God, the LORD alone! Therefore, you shall love the LORD, your God, with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength. Take to heart these words which I enjoin on you today. Drill them
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Reading I Nm 20:1-13 The whole congregation of the children of Israel arrived in the desert of Zin in the first month, and the people settled at Kadesh. It was here that Miriam died, and here that she was buried. As the community had no water, they held a council against Moses and Aaron. The
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Reading I Nm 12:1-13 Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses on the pretext of the marriage he had contracted with a Cushite woman. They complained, “Is it through Moses alone that the LORD speaks? Does he not speak through us also?” And the LORD heard this. Now, Moses himself was by far the meekest man
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