CATHOLIC MASS READINGS: Monday of the Twenty-Ninth Week in Ordinary Time 10.23.17 – USCCB/NABRV
:… ‘Take care to guard against all greed,
for though one may be rich,
one’s life does not consist of possessions.’ …”
Category: Holy Scripture
CATHOLIC MASS READINGS: Twenty-Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time 10.22.17 – USCCB/NABRV
“… ‘Then repay to Caesar what belongs to Caesar
and to God what belongs to God.’ …”
CATHOLIC FAITHLINK: “God and God Alone – A Homily for the 29th Sunday of the Year” – Archdiocese of Washington/Msgr. Charles Pope
“… Here are some things we might include in a list of what we owe to God:
1. Adoration, love, and gratitude
2. Obedience to His Word and His Law
3. Worship
4. Repentance
5. Support of His Church by attendance at sacred worship, financial support, and sharing of our gifts and talents
6. Proclamation of his Word both verbally and by witness
7. Devoted reception of the sacraments
8. Raising our children in His truth and in reverence of Him
9. Evangelization (making disciples)
10. Preparing for death and judgment through a holy and reverent sojourn in this world. …”
CATHOLIC MASS READINGS: Twenty-Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time 10.15.17 – USCCB/NABRV
“…’The Kingdom of Heaven may be likened to a king who gave a wedding feast for his son. …'”
CATHOLIC MASS READINGS: Friday of the Twenty-Seventh Week in Ordinary Time 10.13.17 – USCCB/NABRV
“Jesus … said to them ‘… if it is by the Finger of God that I drive out demons,
then the Kingdom of God has come upon you.
When a strong man fully armed guards his palace,
his possessions are safe.
But when one stronger than he attacks and overcomes him,
he takes away the armor on which he relied
and distributes the spoils.
Whoever is not with Me is against Me,
and whoever does not gather with Me scatters. …'”
CATHOLIC MASS READINGS: Thursday of the Twenty-Seventh Week in Ordinary Time 10.12.17 – USCCB/NABRV
“Jesus said to His Disciples …
‘… ask and you will receive;
seek and you will find;
knock and the door will be opened to you.
For everyone who asks, receives;
and the one who seeks, finds;
and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened. …'”
CATHOLIC MASS READINGS: Tuesday of the Twenty-Seventh Week in Ordinary Time 10.10.17 – USCCB/NABRV
“Jesus entered a village
where a woman whose name was Martha welcomed Him.
She had a sister named Mary
who sat beside the Lord at His Feet listening to Him speak. …”
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 obtain his produce.
But the tenants seized the servants and one they beat,
another they killed, and a third they stoned.
Again he sent other servants, more numerous than the first ones,
but they treated them in the same way.
Finally, he sent his son to them, thinking,
‘They will respect my son.’ …”
CATHOLIC FAITHLINK: “[Bearing Fruit:] Saint Basil, Homily 5 on the Hexaemeron” – Daily Gospel
“The Lord continually likens human Souls to vines …”
CATHOLIC MASS READINGS: Memorial of Our Lady of the Rosary, Saturday 10.7.17 – USCCB/NABRV
“The seventy-two Disciples returned rejoicing and said to Jesus,
‘Lord, even the demons are subject to us because of Your Name.’
Jesus said, ‘I have observed Satan fall like lightning from the sky.
Behold, I have given you the Power
‘to tread upon serpents’ and scorpions
and upon the full force of the enemy
and nothing will harm you.
Nevertheless, do not rejoice because the spirits are subject to you,
but rejoice because your names are written in Heaven.’ …