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CATHOLIC FAITHLINK: “The Word’s Return: Scott Hahn Reflects on the Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time” – St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology

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“Today’s readings, like last week’s, ask us to meditate on Israel’s response to God’s Word—and our own. Why do some hear the word of the kingdom, yet fail to accept it as a call to conversion and faith in Jesus? That question underlies today’s Gospel, especially. Again we see, as we did last week, that the kingdom’s mysteries are unfolded

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CATHOLIC FAITHLINK: “My Word Shall Not Return to Me Empty – A Homily for the 15th Sunday of the Year” – Archdiocese of Washington, Msgr. Charles Pope

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Artistic Drawing of Jesus Preaching in Sermon on the Mount

“… The readings for this Sunday clearly set forth that God’s Word can transform, renew, encourage, and empower us. We ought to begin to begin to expect great things from the faithful and attentive reception of the Word of God. However, Jesus also spells out some obstacles that keep the harvest small or even nonexistent for some. …”

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CATHOLIC FAITHLINK: “SOW THE WORD CONSTANTLY” – One Bread, One Body/ Presentation Ministries (Cincinnati)

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“How often have you heard a Scripture passage twenty times and on the twenty-first time you hear it, the Holy Spirit makes the passage finally “jump off the page”? You receive a profound new insight into the meaning of the passage. The Word of God comes alive for you. The Holy Spirit does this work in us. The Spirit is

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CATHOLIC MASS READINGS: Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time 7.16.17 – USCCB/NABRV

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“… ‘A sower went out to sow. And as he sowed, some seed fell on the path, and birds came and ate it up. Some fell on rocky ground, where it had little soil. It sprang up at once because the soil was not deep, and when the sun rose it was scorched, and it withered for lack of roots.

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CATHOLIC FAITHLINK: “Kateri Tekakwitha” – National Kateri Tekakwitha Shrine

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“Kateri Tekakwitha was a young Mohawk woman who lived in the 17th century. The story of her conversion to Christianity, her courage in the face of suffering and her extraordinary holiness is an inspiration to all Christians. Follow us as we share with you the life of Saint Kateri Tekakwitha, the first Native American Saint in the United States of

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CATHOLIC MASS READINGS: Memorial of Saint Kateri Tekakwitha, Friday 7.14.17 – USCCB/NABRV

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“… ‘Behold, I am sending you like sheep in the midst of wolves; so be shrewd as serpents and simple as doves. * * * … You will be hated by all because of My Name, but whoever endures to the end will be Saved. When they persecute you in one town, flee to another. Amen, I say to you,

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HOMILY OF HIS HOLINESS POPE BENEDICT XVI – CAPPELLA PAPALE FOR THE CANONIZATION OF THE BLESSEDS: JAMES BERTHIEU, PEDRO CALUNGSOD, JOHN BAPTIST PIAMARTA, MARIA OF MT CARMEL, SALLÉS Y BARANGUERAS, MARIANNE COPE, KATERI TEKAKWITHA, ANNA SCHÄFFER – VaticanVa 1980

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View of St. Peter's Basilica at Vatican from River

“… Kateri Tekakwitha was born in today’s New York state in 1656 to a Mohawk father and a Christian Algonquin mother who gave to her a sense of the living God. She was baptized at twenty years of age and, to escape persecution, she took refuge in Saint Francis Xavier Mission near Montreal. There she worked, faithful to the traditions

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CATHOLIC MASS READINGS: Wednesday of the Fourteenth Week in Ordinary Time 7.12.17 – USCCB/NABRV

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“Jesus summoned his Twelve Disciples and gave them authority over unclean spirits to drive them out and to cure every disease and every illness. * * * … instructing them … ‘… As you go, make this proclamation: “The Kingdom of heaven is at hand.”‘”

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CATHOLIC MASS READINGS: Memorial of Saint Benedict, Tuesday 7.11.17 – USCCB/NABRV

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“… His Heart was moved with pity for them because they were troubled and abandoned, like sheep without a shepherd. … He said to His Disciples, ‘The harvest is abundant but the laborers are few; so ask the Master of the Harvest to send out laborers for His Harvest.’”

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CATHOLIC MASS READINGS: Monday of the Fourteenth Week in Ordinary Time 7.10.17 – USCCB/NABRV

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“While Jesus was speaking, an official came forward, knelt down before Him, and said, ‘My daughter has just died. But come, lay your hand on her, and she will live.’ Jesus rose and followed him, and so did His Disciples. … * * * … He came and took her by the hand, and the little girl arose. And news

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