The Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ
Reading I Ex 24:3-8 When Moses came to the people and related all the words and ordinances of the LORD, they all answered with one voice, “We will do everything that the LORD has told us.” Moses then wrote down all the words of the LORD and, rising early the next day, he erected at
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Friday of the Ninth Week in Ordinary Time
Reading I Tb 11:5-17 Anna sat watching the road by which her son was to come. When she saw him coming, she exclaimed to his father, “Tobit, your son is coming, and the man who traveled with him!” Raphael said to Tobiah before he reached his father: “I am certain that his eyes will be
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Wednesday of the Ninth Week in Ordinary Time
Reading I Tb 3:1-11a, 16-17a Grief-stricken in spirit, I, Tobit, groaned and wept aloud. Then with sobs I began to pray: “You are righteous, O Lord, and all your deeds are just; All your ways are mercy and truth; you are the judge of the world. And now,
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Memorial of Saint Justin, Martyr
Readings for the Memorial of Saint Justin, martyr Reading 1 Tb 2:9-14 On the night of Pentecost, after I had buried the dead, I, Tobit, went into my courtyard to sleep next to the courtyard wall. My face was uncovered because of the heat. I did not know there were birds perched on the wall
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Feast of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Reading I Zep 3:14-18a Shout for joy, O daughter Zion! Sing joyfully, O Israel! Be glad and exult with all your heart, O daughter Jerusalem! The LORD has removed the judgment against you, he has turned away your enemies; The King of Israel, the LORD, is in your midst, you have
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Homily: Holy Trinity – May 30, 2021
Holy Trinity May 30, 2021 Every year on this particular Sunday I struggle with preparing a homily. The “easiest” homilies to write are the ones in Ordinary Time, those Sundays on which we are not celebrating one particular aspect or doctrine of our faith. And so on Sundays in Ordinary Time priests and deacons often
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May 23, 2021: Homily- Pentecost Sunday
The Solemnity of Pentecost, May 23 The solemnity of Pentecost that we celebrate today marks the end and the goal of the Easter season. For us Christians, it is a memorial of the day the Holy Spirit descended upon the apostles and the Virgin Mary in the form of fiery tongues, an event that took
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