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How to Pray Rightly (30th Sunday of Ordinary TimeClick here for the Sunday Readings The readings for this Sunday all focus on the theme of prayer and entrusting oneself to God. This reading from Sirach, in particular, focuses on the conditions which predispose God to hear one&rsquo...Posted: Oct-25-2025 -
The Battle is the Lord’s (29th Sunday of Ordinary Time)Click here for the Sunday Readings The Amalekites show up may times in the Old Testament as Israel’s long-time enemies. This story is the first of many encounters between the two nations. Here, they attack...Posted: Oct-18-2025
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The Faith of Naaman (28th Sunday of Ordinary Time)Click here for the Sunday Readings In 2 Kings 5:1-13, Naaman the Syrian is informed by the prophet Elisha that his leprosy can only be cured by bathing in the Jordan river. Although he initially scoffs at...Posted: Oct-11-2025
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The Righteous Shall Live By Faith (27th Sunday of Ordinary Time)Click here for this Sunday’s Reading The prophet Habakkuk lived in the southern kingdom of Judah during the late 7th century B.C. Like Amos, who lived over a century before, Habakkuk is concerned with injustice and lawlessness...Posted: Oct-03-2025
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Sinning by Omission (26th Sunday of Ordinary Time)Click here for this Sunday’s Reading Today’s reading continues last week’s reading from Amos on pursuing justice. Here, the prophet addresses those who are most responsible for injustice in the land–those who...Posted: Sep-28-2025
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Faith Formation SeriesWe all have moments in life where we feel distant from God, but imagine what would happen if we encountered Jesus in a way that transformed our hearts and minds. Imagine that metanoia -- a change of heart that will leave...Oct-16-2025 to Apr-30-2026 (07:00 PM to 07:00 PM) -
Pursuing Justice (25th Sunday of Ordinary Time)Click here for this Sunday’s Reading Amos lived in the northern kingdom of Israel around the 8th century BC. God commissioned him as a prophet to warn Israel of their impending punishment for breaking God’s law...Posted: Sep-20-2025
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The Bronze Serpent (Exaltation of the Cross)Click here for this Sunday’s readings In the book of Numbers, we read about how God punished the Israelites by sending fiery serpents among them. When they repented and asked Moses to intercede with God on their behalf...Posted: Sep-13-2025
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Human vs. Divine Wisdom (23rd Sunday of Ordinary Time)Click here for this Sunday’s reading The OT reading for this Sunday is focused on the theme of divine wisdom versus human wisdom. Here, scripture proclaims that human wisdom is “worthless.” This is because our...Posted: Sep-05-2025
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Pride and Humility (22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time)Click here for this Sundays Readings Both the Old Testament reading and Gospel reading for today are about the importance of humility. At first, it might seem like a no-brainer that we ought to celebrate humility and eschew pride...Posted: Aug-30-2025
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Gathering the Nations (21st Sunday of Ordinary Time)Click here for this Sunday’s reading Near the end of Isaiah, we encounter this prophecy where God declares that He will gather all the nations and declare His glory among them. This declaration is meant to refute any...Posted: Aug-23-2025
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Suffering for the Faith (20th Sunday of Ordinary Time)Click here for this Sunday’s reading Jeremiah was sent by God to inform the people of Judah that their idolatry, disregard for God’s Law, and trust in worldly power rather than God would bring God&rsquo...Posted: Aug-15-2025
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Salvation and Judgment (19th Sunday of Ordinary Time)Click here for this Sunday’s reading The theme of our Old Testament reading is God’s justice, which is exemplified in the Passover story as recounted in Wisdom 18. The preceding verse to our first reading summarizes...Posted: Aug-05-2025
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Vanity of Vanities (18th Sunday in Ordinary Time)Click here for this Sunday’s Reading Ecclesiastes can be an enigma to readers, because of its seemingly nihilistic attitude towards life. In this passage, we see that all of the things one might esteem as important –wisdom...Posted: Aug-01-2025
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Praying Ceaselessly (17th Sunday in Ordinary Time)Click here for the Sunday Reading In this passage, we see Abraham interceding on behalf of the people of Sodom and Gomorrah to save his nephew Lot. However, he also brings out some important aspects of God’s character...Posted: Jul-21-2025
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When God Appears (16th Sunday in Ordinary Time)Click here for the Sunday reading In the Old Testament, God would occasionally appear in human form to His people for the purpose of accomplishing specific tasks. This is called a theophany. There are a few other such theophanies in...Posted: Jul-19-2025
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The Benefits of God’s Law (15th Sunday in Ordinary Time)Click here for the Sunday readings G.K. Chesterton once said, “The Christian ideal has not been tried and found wanting. It has been found difficult; and left untried.” His statement speaks to the fact that many people...Posted: Jul-13-2025
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Blessings and Curses (14th Sunday in Ordinary Time)Click here for the reading Isaiah is full of contrasts. On the one hand, he speaks of God chastising His people for their sins by withdrawing His protection from them and allowing them to be subjugated by foreign powers such...Posted: Jul-04-2025
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Peter's Rescue (Solemnity of Sts. Peter and Paul)Click here for this Sunday’s readings Acts 12 relates the persecution of the Christians in Jerusalem under Herod Agrippa, who did so to curry favour with the Jews, as well as to prevent political unrest and potential Roman...Posted: Jun-28-2025
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The Eternal Priest (Corpus Christi)Click here for this Sunday's readings Melchizedek is one of those enigmatic characters in the Bible. He appears out of nowhere in the middle of Abraham’s storyline and blesses the patriarch, offering him bread and wine. We...Posted: Jun-21-2025
