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CATHOLIC FAITHLINK: “Saint or Ain’t? A Homily for the 16th Sunday of the Year” – Archdiocese of Washington/ Msgr. Charles Pope

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“We live in difficult times for the Church; from many sectors the very legitimate cry for reform goes up frequently. Beyond the sexual abuse scandal there are also deep concerns regarding the uncertain trumpet of Catholic preaching, lukewarm and nominal Catholics, an overall lack of self-discipline among Catholics, and a lack of disciplining by the bishops and clergy of those

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CATHOLIC FAITHLINK: “[‘An enemy has done this.’] Homily attributed to Saint Macarius of Egypt, Spiritual Homilies, no.51” – DailyGospel

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Cross Atop Rocky Cliff

“I am writing to you, my brothers, so you might know that, since the day when Adam was created until the end of the world, the Evil One wages war against the saints without respite (Rev 13,7)… You should know, then, beloved brethren, that in all those who have prepared their soul to provide good soil for the heavenly sowing,

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CATHOLIC FAITHLINK: [“Worldly anxiety and the lure of riches choke the word”] Soliloquies no.8 – Saint Teresa of Avila/ DailyGospel

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“O Lord my God, how you possess the words of eternal life, where all mortals will find what they desire if they want to seek it! But what a strange thing, my God, that we forget your words in the madness and sickness our evil deeds cause! O my God,…, author of all creation! And what is creation if You,

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CATHOLIC FAITHLINK: “[Parable of the Seed and the Sower] Benedict XVI Angelus” 7.10.11

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“… In this Sunday’s Gospel (Mt 13:1-23), Jesus recounts to the crowd the well-known Parable of the Sower. In a certain way it is an “autobiographical” passage, for it reflects the very experience of Jesus, of his preaching. He identifies himself with the sower who scatters the good seed of the Word of God and notes the different effects it

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CATHOLIC FAITHLINK: “Homily of John Paul II [including the Parable of the Seed and the Sower], 12th World Youth Day, Mass for the Youth Forum” 8.23.97

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“… [we] think back to the parable of the sower. We know the parable, but we can re-read the words of the Gospel over and over again and still find new light. So the sower comes out to sow. As he sows, some seeds fall on the path, some on rocky ground, some among thorns, some finally on good soil,

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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 MASS VIDEO: Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time 7.16.17 – Archdiocese of Toronto

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Catholic TV Mass for the Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Sunday, July 16, 2017, from the Archdiocese of 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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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 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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