by Faith Central & Steve Welsh
“… John the Baptist came neither eating food nor drinking wine, and you said, ‘He is possessed by a demon.’ The Son of Man came eating and drinking and you said, ‘Look, he is a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners.’ But wisdom is vindicated by all her children.”
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“…a man who had died was being carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow. … [Jesus] stepped forward and touched the coffin; at this the bearers halted, and He said, ‘Young man, I tell you, arise!’ The dead man sat up and began to speak, and Jesus gave him to his mother. …”
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Catholic TV Mass for Tuesday of the Twenty-Fourth Week in Ordinary Time, Sept. 19, 2017, from Our Lady of Loretto Abbey in Toronto. [Click here for Mass Readings] [featured image adapted from image at Creative Commons Wikimedia Commons Pjposullivan, commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Loretto_Abbey_chapel_interior,_Toronto.JPG, with additional conditions stated at that link and in the alt-tag here]
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“‘The kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out at dawn to hire laborers for his vineyard. … ‘… What if I wish to give this last one the same as you? Or am I not free to do as I wish with my own money? Are you envious because I am generous?’ Thus, the last will be
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“… Peter approached Jesus and asked Him, ‘Lord, if my brother sins against me, how often must I forgive? As many as seven times?’ Jesus answered, ‘I say to you, not seven times but seventy-seven times. …’”
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“… For God so loved the world that He gave His only Son, so that everyone who believes in Him might not perish but might have Eternal Life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world might be Saved through Him.”
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“Jesus departed to the mountain to pray, and He spent the night in prayer to God. When day came, He called His Disciples to Himself, and from them he chose Twelve, whom He also named Apostles ….”
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“… with Francis’ motu proprio, the text has been changed to read: ‘It is for the Apostolic See to order the sacred liturgy of the universal Church, publish liturgical books, recognize adaptations approved by the Episcopal Conference according to the norm of law, and exercise vigilance that liturgical regulations are observed faithfully everywhere.’ …”
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“‘… Amen, I say to you, if two of you agree on earth about anything for which they are to pray, it shall be granted to them by my heavenly Father. For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.’”
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“… At sunset, all who had people sick with various diseases brought them to Him. He laid his hands on each of them and cured them. And demons also came out from many, shouting, ‘You are the Son of God.’ But He rebuked them and did not allow them to speak because they knew that He was the Christ. At
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