by Faith Central & Steve Welsh
“On October 12, 2012, the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments confirmed the inscription of Saint John Paul II, Pope, into the Proper Calendar for the Dioceses of the United States of America. Two years later, on May 29, 2014, Pope Francis ordered the inscription of Saint John Paul II into the General Roman Calendar. St.
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“In the Sunday Gospel, the Lord Jesus speaks of crosses and crowns. The apostles have only crowns in mind, but Jesus knows the price of the crown. So, He must teach them and us that crowns—the things we value most—come only through the cross. …”
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“… As a minister of God’s Word (cf. Lk 1: 2), Luke leads us to knowledge of the discreet yet penetrating light that radiates from it, while illustrating the reality and events of history. The theme of the Word of God, the golden thread woven through the two works that comprise Luke’s writing, also unites the two periods treated by
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“THE LIFE OF THE HOLY MOTHER TERESA OF JESUS … INTRODUCTION … CHAPTER I. — Describes how the Lord began to awaken her soul in childhood to a love of virtue and what a help it is in this respect to have good parents … “
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“… The Wisdom of God is not precepts, but a person—Jesus Christ. Jesus is the Wisdom whose Spirit was granted to Solomon in today’s First Reading. Jesus is the Word of God spoken of in today’s Epistle. And Jesus, as He reveals Himself to the rich man today, is God. …”
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“The Sunday Gospel invites us to wrestle with these fundamental, essential, focal questions: ‘What does Heaven cost?’ and ‘Am I willing to pay it?’ …”
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“… It is the sad thing that we Homines sapiens sapiens are not always wise in dealing with the reality of our human situation, our mortality and accountability to our neighbor and our Maker in the world we find ourselves in. We heard Jesus telling his disciples, and any who will listen to him, that it is hard for those
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Catholic TV Mass for the Twenty-Eight Sunday in Ordinary Time, Oct. 14, 2018, from the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C. [Click here for Mass Readings] [featured image is file photo]
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“Jesus answered … ‘You know the Commandments: You shall not kill; you shall not commit adultery; you shall not steal; you shall not bear false witness; you shall not defraud; honor your father and your mother.’ … ‘You are lacking in one thing. Go, sell what you have, and give to the poor and you will have treasure in heaven;
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