by Faith Central & Steve Welsh
From the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C. [Click here for Mass Readings]
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“‘The harvest is abundant but the laborers are few; so ask the master of the harvest to send out laborers for his harvest. … I am sending you like lambs among wolves. Carry no money bag, no sack, no sandals; and greet no one along the way. … Whatever town you enter and they welcome you, eat what is set before you, cure the sick in it and say to them, “The kingdom of God is at hand for you.” … The seventy-two returned rejoicing, and said, ‘Lord, even the demons are subject to us because of your name.’ Jesus said … do not rejoice because the spirits are subject to you, but rejoice because your names are written in heaven.'”
“St. Maria Goretti is unique in that she is the youngest canonized saint in the Church. … Maria is known as a wonder-worker. She has intervened with the Lord to produce countless miracles. …”
“‘… No one patches an old cloak with a piece of unshrunken cloth, for its fullness pulls away from the cloak and the tear gets worse. People do not put new wine into old wineskins. Otherwise the skins burst, the wine spills out, and the skins are ruined. Rather, they pour new wine into fresh wineskins, and both are preserved.'”
From Loretto Abbey in the Archdiocese of Toronto. [Click here for Mass Readings]
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“… When Jesus saw their faith, He said to the paralytic, ‘Courage, child, your sins are forgiven.’ * * * … that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins’ – He then said to the paralytic, ‘Rise, pick up your stretcher, and go home.’ He rose and went home. When the crowds saw this they were struck with awe and glorified God ….”
From Catholic TV in the Archdiocese of Boston.
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“… Jesus came, although the doors were locked, and stood in their midst and said, ‘Peace be with you.’ … He said to Thomas, ‘Put your finger here and see My Hands, and bring your hand and put it into My Side, and do not be unbelieving, but believe.’ Thomas answered … ‘My Lord and my God!’ Jesus said to him, ‘Have you come to believe because you have seen Me? Blessed are those who have not seen and have believed.'”
“… The sun was just rising over the earth as Lot arrived in Zoar; at the same time the LORD rained down sulphurous fire upon Sodom and Gomorrah from the LORD out of heaven. He overthrew those cities and the whole Plain, together with the inhabitants of the cities and the produce of the soil. … Early the next morning Abraham went to the place
where he had stood in the LORD’s Presence. As he looked down toward Sodom and Gomorrah and the whole region of the Plain, he saw dense smoke over the land rising like fumes from a furnace. …”
