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CATHOLIC FAITHLINK: “Blessed Francis Xavier Seelos National Shrine”
CATHOLIC MASS READINGS: Thursday of the Twenty-Sixth Week in Ordinary Time 10.5.17 – USCCB/NABRV
“Jesus appointed seventy-two other Disciples whom He sent ahead of Him in pairs to every town and place He intended to visit. He said to them, ‘The harvest is abundant but the laborers are few; so ask the master of the harvest to send out laborers for his harvest. Go on your way; behold, I am sending you like lambs
» Read moreCATHOLIC FAITHLINK: “Saint Francis of Assisi – Benedict XVI General Audience 1.27.10” – VaticanVa
“… Dear friends, Francis was a great Saint and a joyful man. His simplicity, his humility, his faith, his love for Christ, his goodness towards every man and every woman, brought him gladness in every circumstance. Indeed, there subsists an intimate and indissoluble relationship between holiness and joy. A French writer once wrote that there is only one sorrow in
» Read moreCATHOLIC MASS READINGS: Memorial of Saint Francis of Assisi, Wednesday 10.4.17 – USCCB/NABRV
“As Jesus and His Disciples were proceeding on their journey, someone said to Jim, ‘I will follow You wherever you go.’ Jesus answered him, ‘Foxes have dens and birds of the sky have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to rest His Head.’…”
» Read moreCATHOLIC MASS READINGS: Tuesday of the Twenty-Sixth Week in Ordinary Time 10.3.17 – USCCB/NABRV
“… they entered a Samaritan village … but they would not welcome Him because the destination of His Journey was Jerusalem. When the Disciples James and John saw this they asked, ‘Lord, do you want us to call down fire from heaven to consume them?’ Jesus turned and rebuked them, and they journeyed to another village.”
» Read moreNEXT SUNDAY: CATHOLIC MASS READINGS: Twenty-Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time 10.8.17 – USCCB/NABRV
“Jesus said to the chief priests and the elders … “Hear another parable. There was a landowner who planted a vineyard, put a hedge around it, dug a wine press in it, and built a tower. Then he leased it to tenants and went on a journey. When vintage time drew near, he sent his servants to the tenants to
» Read moreCATHOLIC MASS READINGS: Memorial of the Guardian Angels 10.2.17 – USCCB/NABRV
“The Disciples approached Jesus and said, ‘Who is the greatest in the Kingdom of heaven?’ He called a child over … and said, ‘Amen, I say to you, unless you turn and become like children, you will not enter the Kingdom of Heaven. Whoever humbles himself like this child is the greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven. And whoever receives
» Read moreCATHOLIC FAITHLINK: “Story of a Soul (l’Histoire d’une Ame): The Autobiography of St. Therese of Lisieux” – CCEL
CATHOLIC FAITHLINK: “[‘Obedient to the Father in the footsteps of the Son’] Meditation for the Feast of the Exaltation of the Cross” – Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross [Edith Stein]/ Institute of Carmelite Studies/ DailyGospel
“‘Your will be done!’ (Mt 6,10). This was the content of the Savior’s life. He came into the world to fulfill the Father’s will, not only to atone for the sin of disobedience through his obedience (Rom 5,19), but also to lead people back to their destiny by the way of obedience. The created will is not destined to be
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