by Faith Central & Steve Welsh
“Jesus said to the crowds and to His Disciples: ‘Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites. You lock the Kingdom of heaven before men. You do not enter yourselves, nor do you allow entrance to those trying to enter. …'”
Catholic TV Mass for the Twenty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time, Aug. 26, 2018, from Heart of the Nation in Wisconsin. [Click here for Mass Readings]
Catholic TV Mass for the Twenty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time, Aug. 26, 2018, from the Archdiocese of Toronto. [Click here for Mass Readings]
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Catholic TV Mass for the Twenty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time, Aug. 26, 2018, from Catholic TV in the Archdiocese of Boston. [Click here for Mass Readings]
Catholic TV Mass for the Twenty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time, Aug. 26, 2018, from the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C. [can take a moment to load] [Click here for Mass Readings]
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“… Jesus … said … ‘… The Words I have spoken to you are Spirit and Life. …’ … Simon Peter [said] … ‘Master, to whom shall we go? You have the Words of Eternal Life. …'”
“… Bartholomew … has traditionally been identified with Nathanael …. Nathanael’s retort ‘Can anything good come out of Nazareth?’ … highlights God’s freedom, which baffles our expectations by causing him to be found in the very place where we least expect him. … Jesus was not exclusively ‘from Nazareth’ but was born in Bethlehem … and came ultimately from Heaven, from the Father who is in Heaven. Nathanael’s reaction suggests another thought to us: in our relationship with Jesus we must not be satisfied with words alone. In his answer, Philip offers Nathanael a meaningful invitation: ‘Come and see!’ …. Our knowledge of Jesus needs above all a first-hand experience: someone else’s testimony is of course important, for normally the whole of our Christian life begins with the proclamation handed down to us by one or more witnesses. However, we ourselves must then be personally involved in a close and deep relationship with Jesus …. the Evangelist tells us that when Jesus sees Nathanael approaching, he exclaims: ‘Behold, an Israelite indeed, in whom there is no guile!’ … [which] provokes the curiosity of Nathanael who answers in amazement: ‘How do you know me?’ …. * * * [There is] a twofold, complementary aspect of Jesus’ identity … recognized both in his special relationship with God the Father, of whom he is the Only-begotten Son, and in his relationship with the People of Israel, of whom he is the declared King … Jesus’ heavenly dimension … [and] His concrete place in history ….”
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Catholic TV Mass for the Feast of Saint Bartholomew, Apostle, Friday, Aug. 24, 2018, from Catholic TV in the Archdiocese of Boston. [Click here for Mass Readings]
“… Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him and said of him, ‘Here is a true child of Israel. There is no duplicity in him.’ … Jesus … said … ‘Amen, amen, I say to you, you will see Heaven opened and the Angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of Man.'”
Catholic TV Mass for the Feast of Saint Bartholomew, Apostle, Friday, Aug. 24, 2018, from Loretto Abbey in the Archdiocese of Toronto. [Click here for Mass Readings]
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