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November 08, 2018
The 32nd Sunday of the year 1 Kgs 17:10-16; Heb 9:24-28; Mk 12:38-44 (Year B) “It is the Lord who keeps faith forever. It is he who gives bread to the hungry; the Lord, who sets prisoners free.” The responsorial psalm rejoices in the God whose graciousness gives bread to the hungry, and whose mercy
November 01, 2018
The 31st Sunday of the Year Dt 6:2-6; Ps 18; Heb 7:23-28; Mk 12:28B-34 (Year B) In the long history of God’s people, the Book of Deuteronomy brings to its conclusion a period of uncertainty and wandering. The children of Abraham, after many generations as stateless nomads, had been reduced to slavery in Egypt. Through
October 25, 2018
The 30th Sunday of the Year Jer 31:7-9; Heb 5:1-6; Mk 10:46-52 (year b) The prophet Jeremiah was an unwelcome voice to his contemporaries in Jerusalem. He consistently denounced the power that shamelessly exploited the poor. Above all, he condemned the shallow faith that had yielded to worldly temptations rather than embracing the God who
October 18, 2018
The 29th Sunday of the Year Is 53:10-11; Heb 4:14-16; Mk 10:35-45 (Year B) Throughout the world this Sunday is kept as World Mission Day. We are reminded that, by virtue of our shared baptism, all are called and enabled to become witnesses to the Gospel. It is not enough simply to support the Church’s
October 11, 2018
The 28th Sunday of the Year Wis 7:7-11; Heb 4:12-13; Mk 10:17-30 (Year B) “I prayed, and understanding was given me; I entreated, and the spirit of Wisdom came to me. In her company all good things came to me, at her hands riches not to be numbered.” The young King Solomon’s prayer for wisdom,
October 04, 2018
The 27th Sunday of the Year Gen 2:18-24; Heb 2:9-11; Mk 10:2-16 (Year B) “The Lord said, ‘It is not good that man should be alone. I will make him a helpmate.’ ” While the biblical creation narratives were never intended as a scientific description of human origins, they echo the universal experience of what
September 27, 2018
The 26th Sunday of the Year Num 11:25-29; Jas 5:1-6; Mk 9:38-43, 45 & 47-48 (Year B) “The Law of the Lord is perfect, it revives the soul. The rule of the Lord is to be trusted, it gives wisdom to the wise.” The psalmist rejoiced in the Law as the revelation of God’s will,
September 20, 2018
The 25th Sunday of the Year Wis 2:12 & 17-20; Jas 3:16-4:3; Mk 9:30-37 (Year B) “Where do these wars and battles between yourselves first start? Isn’t it precisely in the desires fighting inside your own selves? You want something and you haven’t got it; so you are prepared to kill.” The Epistle of St
September 13, 2018
The 24th Sunday of the Year Is 50:5-9A; Ps 116; Jas 2:14-18; Mk 8:27-35 (Year B)  ‘I love the Lord for he has heard the cry of my appeal, for he turned his ear to me in the day when I called him.” The prayer of the psalmist expresses gratitude for the God who hears
September 06, 2018
The 23rd Sunday of the Year Is 35:4-7; Jas 2:1-5; Mk 7:31-37 (Year B) “Say to all faint hearts, ‘Courage, do not be afraid. Look, your God is coming, he is coming to save you. Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, the ears of the deaf unsealed, then the lame shall leap
August 30, 2018
The 22nd Sunday of the Year Deut 4:1-2 & 6-8; Jas 1:17-18, 21-22 & 27; Mk 7:1-8 (Year B) “Lord, who shall dwell on your holy mountain? He who walks without fault; he who acts with justice and speaks the truth from his heart.” The psalmist’s question, originally addressed to devout pilgrims journeying to Jerusalem’s
August 23, 2018
21st Sunday of the Year Josh 24:1-2 & 15-18; Eph 5:21-32; Jn 6:60-69 (Year B) “We have no intention of deserting the Lord our God who brought us and our ancestors out of the land of Egypt. We too will serve the Lord, for he is our God.” This affirmation of faith in the God
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