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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“… disciples of John approached Jesus and said, ‘Why do we and the Pharisees fast much,
but Your Disciples do not fast?’ Jesus answered … ‘Can the wedding guests mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them? The days will come when the bridegroom is taken away … then they will fast.'”
From Catholic TV in the Archdiocese of Boston.
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From Loretto Abbey in the Archdiocese of Toronto.
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From Loretto Abbey in the Archdiocese of Toronto.
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“Even now, says the LORD,
return to me with your whole heart,
with fasting, and weeping, and mourning;
Rend your hearts, not your garments,
and return to the LORD, your God.
For gracious and merciful is he,
slow to anger, rich in kindness,
and relenting in punishment. …”
“‘Amen, I say to you, there is no one who has given up house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or lands for My sake and for the sake of the Gospel who will not receive a hundred times more … and Eternal Life in the age to come. …”
