Sunday, Oct. 14
28th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Wisdom 7:7-11
Hebrews 4:12-13
Mark 10:17-30
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Daily Scriptures: October 14 – October 28
What’s holding you back from following Jesus today?
Our human way of thinking is not God’s way of thinking. Take our Gospel reading for Sunday: A young man approaches Jesus and asks him, “What must I do to inherit eternal life.”
Daily Scriptures: September 30 – October 14
Sunday, Sept. 30
26th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Numbers 11:25-29
James 5:1-6
Mark 9:39-43, 45, 47-48
Working to reach our true potential as Catholics
We spend a lot of time thinking and talking about the future. We look at our gifts and abilities, reflect on our experiences and try to think what is truly possible. In other words, we look at the present in order to understand what the future may hold — what our true potential may be.
What does it take to cultivate a spirituality of stewardship?
To get at the spiritual root of something is to go back to its original reality — in this case, to discover the essence of stewardship. Catholic spirituality has real meaning in our lives and the lives of others because we connect to the source of that meaning, Jesus Christ and his church.
Daily Scriptures: September 16 – September 30
Sunday, Sept. 16
24th Sunday in ordinary time
Isaiah 50:5-9a
James 2:14-18
Mark 8:27-35
Who do you say Jesus is?
“Jesus and his disciples set out for the villages of Caesarea Philippi. Along the way he asked his disciples, ‘Who do people say that I am?’ They said in reply, ‘John the Baptist, others Elijah, still others one of the prophets.’ And he asked them, ‘But who do you say that I am?’”
Daily Scriptures: September 2 – September 16, 2012
Sunday, Sept. 2
22nd Sunday in ordinary time
Deuteronomy 4:1-2, 6-8
James 1:17-18, 21b-22, 27
Mark 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23
We must be ‘doers of the word,’ even at difficult times
Near the beginning of “Render Unto Caesar,” Archbishop Charles Chaput makes a claim that has remained strong in my mind in the years since I read it — a claim we hear echoed in the current teaching from the bishops of the United States, including our own faithful shepherd.
Daily Scriptures: August 19 – September 2, 2012
Sunday, Aug. 19
20th Sunday in ordinary time
Proverbs 9:1-6
Ephesians 5:15-20
John 6:51-58
Church can teach us about the art of ‘wise hospitality’
This Sunday’s first reading about Wisdom from the Book of Proverbs (9:1-6) opens our ears and minds to the meaning of Sunday’s Gospel.
Daily Scriptures: August 5 – August 19, 2012
Sunday, Aug. 5
18th Sunday in ordinary time
Exodus 16:2-4, 12-15
Ephesians 4:17, 20-24
John 6:24-35
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