Category: Gospel of Luke

CATHOLIC FAITHWATCH: “[Saint John Paul II on the Parable of the Prodigal Son and the Merciful Father -] General Audience, Sept. 8, 2019” – VaticanVa

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“… God’s Forgiveness is revealed through Jesus’ Words and Deeds. In pardoning sins, Jesus shows the Face of God the Merciful Father. … The high point of this revelation can be considered the sublime parable … usually called ‘the prodigal son’ … which should be called ‘the Merciful Father’ … God’s Attitude is presented in terms that are truly overwhelming

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CATHOLIC FAITHLINK: “[‘Herod sought to see Jesus’] Commentary on St. Luke’s Gospel” – Saint Ambrose/ DailyGospel

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“Our Lord is only seen in this world when He wills. What is surprising about that? Even at the resurrection it was only given to those of pure heart to see God. ‘Blessed are the pure in heart for they will see God’ (Mt 5:8). How many persons who are blessed had he not already listed but even so he

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FAITHLINK: “The Coming of Christ” – Saint Ambrose Commentary on Saint Luke’s Gospel – DailyGospel

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“… Being aware of so many sins, what is the point of knowing the Savior will one day come if he has not come into my soul, if he is not recalled to my mind, if Christ does not live in me, if Christ does not speak in me? So it is to me Christ must come and it is

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CATHOLIC MASS: Monday of the 30th Week in Ordinary Time 10.24.16 – Video, Scripture, Links

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“Live as children of light.” … “Behave like God as His very dear children” … “This daughter of Abraham, whom Satan has bound for eighteen years now, ought she not to have been set free on the sabbath day from this bondage?”

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FAITHLINK: “MESSAGE OF JOHN PAUL II TO THE ARCHBISHOP OF PADUA FOR THE FEAST OF THE EVANGELIST LUKE” – Vatican.va 10.15.00

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“… As a minister of God’s Word (cf. Lk 1: 2), Luke leads us to knowledge of the discreet yet penetrating light that radiates from it, while illustrating the reality and events of history. The theme of the Word of God, the golden thread woven through the two works that comprise Luke’s writing, also unites the two periods treated by

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CATHOLIC MASS: Twenty-Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time 10.9.16 – Video, Scripture, Links

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“Naaman went down and plunged into the Jordan seven times at the word of Elisha, the man of God.” … “‘Ten were cleansed, were they not? Where are the other nine? … Stand up and go; your Faith has saved you.’” … “The Lord has revealed to the nations His Saving Power”  … “I bear with everything for the sake

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FAITHLINK – Catholic Mass Readings – Memorial of Saint Vincent de Paul 9.28.16 – USCCB

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R. (3) Let my prayer come before you, Lord. O LORD, my God, by day I cry out; at night I clamor in your presence. Let my prayer come before you; incline your ear to my call for help. R. Let my prayer come before you, Lord. For my soul is surfeited with troubles and my life draws near to

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CATHOLIC MASS: Monday of the 26th Week in Ordinary Time 9.26.16 – Video, Scripture, Links

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“‘The LORD gave and the LORD has taken away; Blessed be the name of the LORD!’” … “Incline your ear to me and hear My Word.” … “‘Whoever receives this child in My Name receives Me, and whoever receives Me receives the one who sent Me.’”

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CATHOLIC FAITHLINK: Mass Readings – Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time, 9.25.16 – USCCB

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Jesus said to the Pharisees: “There was a rich man who dressed in purple garments and fine linen and dined sumptuously each day. And lying at his door was a poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores, who would gladly have eaten his fill of the scraps that fell from the rich man’s table. Dogs even used to come and

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FAITHLINK: Catholic Mass Readings: Memorial of Saints Cornelius, Pope, and Cyprian, Bishop – Friday, Sept. 16, 2016 – USCCB

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“Jesus journeyed from one town and village to another, preaching and proclaiming the good news of the Kingdom of God. Accompanying him were the Twelve and some women who had been cured of evil spirits and infirmities, Mary, called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had gone out, Joanna, the wife of Herod’s steward Chuza, Susanna, and many others who provided

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