by Faith Central & Steve Welsh
“‘The Kingdom of Heaven is like a treasure buried in a field, which a person finds and hides again, and out of joy goes and sells all that he has and buys that field. … [or] like [when] a merchant … finds a pearl of great price, he goes and sells all that he has and buys it.'”
“‘He who sows good seed is the Son of Man, the field is the world, the good seed the children of the Kingdom. ,.. The Son of Man will send His Angels, and they will collect out of His Kingdom all who cause others to sin and all evildoers. They will throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be wailing and grinding of teeth.
Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the Kingdom of their Father. …'”
Catholic TV Mass for the Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, July 29, 2018, from Catholic TV in the Archdiocese of Boston. [Click here for Mass Readings]
Catholic TV Mass for the Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time 7.29.18, July 29, 2018, from the Archdiocese of Toronto. [Click here for Mass Readings]
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Catholic TV Mass for the Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, July 29, 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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“… the men reclined, about five thousand in number. Then Jesus took the loaves, gave thanks, and distributed them to those who were reclining, and also as much of the fish as they wanted. When they had had their fill, he said to his disciples, ‘Gather the fragments left over, so that nothing will be wasted.” So they collected them, and filled twelve wicker baskets …”
“Today’s liturgy brings together several strands of Old Testament expectation to reveal Jesus as Israel’s promised Messiah and King, the Lord who comes to feed His people. … The Gospel today again shows Jesus to be the Lord, the Good Shepherd, who makes His people lie down on green grass and spreads a table before them …. The miraculous feeding is a sign that God has begun to fulfill His promise, which we sing of in today’s Psalm—to give His people food in due season and satisfy their desire ….”
“… blessed are your eyes, because they see, and your ears, because they hear. Amen, I say to you, many prophets and righteous people longed to see what you see but did not see it, and to hear what you hear but did not hear it.”
Catholic TV Mass for the Feast of Saint James, Apostle, July 25, 2018, from Loretto Abbey in the Archdiocese of Toronto. [Click here for Mass Readings]
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“Jesus … said, ‘You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and the great ones make their authority over them felt. But it shall not be so among you. Rather, whoever wishes to be great among you shall be your servant. … the Son of Man did not come to be served but to serve and to give his life as a ransom for many.”