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May 31, 2020

Pentecost Sunday

The coming of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost draws a connection with the events of the Old Covenant. Fifty days after the Passover lamb was sacrificed, Moses received the Law of God on Mt. Sinai. Fifty days after Jesus’ resurrection, the New Law is given: the Holy Spirit. The Spirit Himself is able to direct the lives of the baptized – the eyes of our heart are trained to fix themselves upon Him by our own acts of faith, hope and love.

This Spirit is none other than the Spirit of Jesus. He is Jesus’ lasting gift to us, enabling us to be with Him forever – and already in this age. This lasting gift takes the form of deep peace: burning away all anxiety and fear. The worst fear we have to face is of the judgment beyond death. The Spirit of God, a Spirit of forgiveness and peace brings us safely through that judgment and sets us on a mission to bring the grace of forgiveness to the world. Jesus is the Word of peace, of forgiveness – the Word of the Father. This Word abides in us and inspires us in the person of the Spirit. The Spirit is the Witness, the Spirit unites us to the joy of God, the peace of eternal glory and victory. read more

September 22, 2018

Saturday of the Twenty-Fourth Week in Ordinary Time

When worldliness becomes a scandalous gaping wound in the Body of Christ, let us not forget that persecutions condemning the mystery of the Church will inevitably accompany it. When wrongs have been committed by leaders of the Church, we may be tempted to lower our hands in disappointment, disgust, discouragement, and sadness. It is important to perceive with the eyes of faith that not only are the guilty being condemned by the scandal that they caused, but the innocent one – Jesus – whose Body we are, is also being persecuted. Faith leads us forward in our attachment to Christ and to one another, recognizing the part that belongs to scandal and the part that belongs to persecution. read more

September 18, 2018September 18, 2018

Tuesday of the Twenty-Fourth Week in Ordinary Time

The Lord’s command, “Do not weep,” certainly seems frustrating – as though there were a more obvious appropriate response. In the past healings we’ve seen in Luke’s Gospel, some kind of request was made – Jesus was asked to heal. In today’s Gospel, we see that the tears of a mother weeping over the death of her only son is stronger and more pertinent than the various forms of intercession. Jesus does not wait for her to ask something of Him: her tears and her devastation are enough to move Him. God does not remain unmoved by our suffering or grief until we make some kind of effort to pray. The Word became flesh so that flesh itself might become instrumental in our healing and our relationship with God. The young man is brought back to life in the flesh at the mere touch of Jesus. That contact, that physical gesture, brought the full power of the Word of Life to bear on the flesh of the dead. read more

Daily Readings

Tuesday of the Seventh Week of Ordinary Time
by USCCB on May 21, 2024 at 8:30 am
Reading 1 Jas 4:1-10 Beloved:Where do the wars and where do the conflicts among you come from?Is it not from your passions that make war within your members?You covet but do not possess.You kill and envy but you cannot obtain;you fight and wage war.You do not possess because you do not ask.You ask but do not receive, because you ask wrongly,to spend it on your passions.Adulterers!Do you not know that to be a lover of the world means enmity with God?Therefore, whoever wants to be a lover of the world makes himself an enemy of God.Or do you suppose that the Scripture speaks without meaning when it says,The spirit that he has made to dwell in us tends toward jealousy?But he bestows a greater grace; therefore, it says:God resists the proud,but gives grace to the humble.So submit yourselves to God.Resist the Devil, and he will flee from you.Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you.Cleanse your hands, you sinners,and purify your hearts, you of two minds.Begin to lament, to mourn, to weep.Let your laughter be turned into mourningand your joy into dejection.Humble yourselves before the Lordand he will exalt you. Responsorial Psalm 55:7-8, 9-10a, 10b-11a, 23 R. (23a) Throw your cares on the Lord, and he will support you.And I say, “Had I but wings like a dove,I would fly away and be at rest.Far away I would flee;I would lodge in the wilderness.”R. Throw your cares on the Lord, and he will support you.“I would wait for him who saves mefrom the violent storm and the tempest.”Engulf them, O Lord; divide their counsels.R. Throw your cares on the Lord, and he will support you.In the city I see violence and strife,day and night they prowl about upon its walls.R. Throw your cares on the Lord, and he will support you.Cast your care upon the LORD,and he will support you;never will he permit the just man to be disturbed.R. Throw your cares on the Lord, and he will support you. Alleluia Gal 6:14 R. Alleluia, alleluia.May I never boast except in the Cross of our Lord Jesus Christ,through which the world has been crucified to me and I to the world.R. Alleluia, alleluia. Gospel Mk 9:30-37 Jesus and his disciples left from there and began a journey through Galilee, but he did not wish anyone to know about it. He was teaching his disciples and telling them, “The Son of Man is to be handed over to men and they will kill him, and three days after his death the Son of Man will rise.” But they did not understand the saying, and they were afraid to question him. They came to Capernaum and, once inside the house, he began to ask them, “What were you arguing about on the way?” But they remained silent. For they had been discussing among themselves on the way who was the greatest. Then he sat down, called the Twelve, and said to them, “If anyone wishes to be first, he shall be the last of all and the servant of all.” Taking a child, he placed it in their midst, and putting his arms around it, he said to them, “Whoever receives one child such as this in my name, receives me; and whoever receives me, receives not me but the One who sent me.” Readings for the Optional Memorial of Saint Christopher Magallanes, priest, and Companions, martyrs - - - Lectionary for Mass for Use in the Dioceses of the United States, second typical edition, Copyright © 2001, 1998, 1997, 1986, 1970 Confraternity of Christian Doctrine; Psalm refrain © 1968, 1981, 1997, International Committee on English in the Liturgy, Inc. All rights reserved. Neither this work nor any part of it may be reproduced, distributed, performed or displayed in any medium, including electronic or digital, without permission in writing from the copyright owner.

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