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Gospel Reflection for August 7, 2022 – 19th Sunday Ordinary Time

Sunday Readings: Wisdom 18.6-9, Hebrews 11.1-2, 8-19, Luke 12.32-48 Do not live in fear, little flock. It has pleased your Father to give you the kingdom. Sell your possessions and give alms. Make investments that never depreciate; establish inexhaustible accounts for yourselves in the heavens. For wherever your treasure is, there your heart will be, too. […]

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Gospel Reflection for July 31, 2022 – 18th Sunday Ordinary Time

Sunday Readings: Ecclesiastes 1.2; 2.21-23, Colossians 3.1-5, 9-11, Luke 12.13-2 Jesus told the crowd this parable. The land of a rich person produced abundantly. He thought to himself, “What shall I do? I have no place to store my harvest. I know. I will pull down my grain bins and build larger ones. All my grain

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Gospel Reflection for July 24, 2022 – 17th Sunday Ordinary Time

Sunday Readings: Genesis 18.20-32, Colossians 2.12-14, Luke 11.1-13 Once when Jesus was in a certain place praying and when he had finished, one of his disciples said: “Lord, teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples.” Jesus replied, “Say this when you pray: ‘Father, may your name be held holy; your kingdom come; give us

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Gospel Reflection for July 17, 2022 – 16th Sunday Ordinary Time

Sunday Readings: Genesis 18.1-10; Colossians 1.24-28; Luke 10.38-42 Jesus entered a village where a woman named Martha welcomed him to her home. She had a sister named Mary, who seated herself at the Lord’s feet and listened to his teachings. Martha, who was busy with all the details of hospitality, came to Jesus and said: Lord, is

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Gospel Reflection for July 10, 2022 – 15th Sunday Ordinary Time

Scripture Readings: Deuteronomy 30.10-14; Colossians 1.15-20; Luke 10.25-37 The lawyer asked Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?” Jesus told this parable: There was a man going down from Jerusalem to Jericho who fell in with robbers. They stripped him, beat him, and then went off leaving him half-dead. A priest happened to be going down the same

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Gospel Reflection for July 3, 2022 – 14th Sunday Ordinary Time

Scripture Readings: Isaiah 66.10-14; Galatians 6.14-18; Luke 10.1-9 Jesus appointed 72 other missionaries and sent them in pairs ahead of him to every town and place he intended to visit. …Whatever house you enter, say first, “Peace to this house.” . . . Whenever you enter a town and its people welcome you, eat what

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Gospel Reflection for June 26, 2022 – 13th Sunday Ordinary Time

Sunday Readings: 1 Kings 19.16, 19-21, Galatians 5.1, 13-18, Luke 9.51-62 As the days were being fulfilled for Jesus to be taken up, he set his face to go to Jerusalem. He sent messengers on ahead of him. On their way they entered a Samaritan town to prepare for his passing through, but the Samaritans

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Gospel Reflection for June 19, 2022 – Feast of the Blood and Body of Christ

Sunday Readings: Sunday Readings: Genesis 14.18-20, 1 Corinthians 11.23-26, Luke 9.11-17 Jesus spoke to the crowds of the reign of God, and he healed all who were in need of healing. As sunset approached, the twelve came to him and said, “Dismiss the crowd so that they can go into the villages and farms in

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Gospel Reflection for June 12, 2022 – Trinity Sunday

Sunday Readings: Proverbs 8.22-31, Romans 5.1-5, John 16.12-15 “The Spirit will glorify me because the Spirit will take what is mine and declare it to you. All that the Father has is mine. That is why I said: ‘It is from me that the Spirit will receive what the Spirit declares to you.’” – John

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Gospel Reflection for Sunday, June 5, 2022 – Pentecost

Sunday Readings: Acts 2.1-11; 1 Corinthians 12.3-7,12-13; John 20.19-23 It was evening on that day, the first day of the week, and the doors of the house where the disciples had met were locked for fear of the Jews. Jesus came and stood among them, and said, “Peace be with you.” After this, he showed them

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