TWENTY SIXTH SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME

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Lk 16:19-31 Dear Friends, Luke’ Gospel has a consistent theme of reversal. Today’s parable continues this pattern. Right at the beginning o...

TWENTY-FIFTH SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME

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Lk 16:1-13 Dear Friends, Today’s parable of the dishonest servant is one of the most puzzling in all of the Gospels. In the end, however, th...

CALL TO HOLINESS-2

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The Liturgy: The Source and Summit of our Faith The incorporation of the teachings of Vatican II into the Catholic life has been very uneven...

Twentieth-Fouth Sunday of Ordinary Time

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Lk 15: 1-32 Dear Friends, The parables of the Two Sons and the Good Samaritan have been a major factor in the development of Christianity ...

CALL TO HOLINESS-1

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Baptism’s Call to Holiness This blog, Praying Alone Together, has a clear goal. It hopes to teach people to pray with a depth that will prod...

TWENTY-THIRD SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME

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Lk 14:25-33 Dear Friends, These words of Jesus are very strong. In fact, they are the most extreme in expressing the demands of discipleship...

THE TWENTY-SECOND SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME

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Lk 14:1, 7-14 Dear Friends, The Gospel passage generally has many levels. Today it seems that Jesus is offering some practical advice. It to...

THE TWENTY FIRST SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME

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Luke 13:22-30 Dear Friends, Religion is always a many-sided issue. The weeds and the wheat are an ever-present concern. A lot of selfishness...

TWENTIETH SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME

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LK 12:49-53 Dear Friends, Any true version of the gospel must balance two elements in tension with one another. This is the experience of ge...

NINETEENTH SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME

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Luke 12:32-48 Dear Friends, When people come to worship on Sunday they always share with varying degrees of intensity the burden of the huma...

JOHN’S DARK NIGHT AND TERESA’S MESSAGE-10

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X Part Two Self-knowledge Opens to God’s Mercy People spend billions of dollars on advertising to encourage us to feed the exaggerated deman...

EIGHTEENTH SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME

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Lk 12:13-21 Dear Friends, Jesus’ message in today’s gospel passage is straightforward. Nothing is more destructive in life than care about ...

SEVENTEENTH SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME

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Lk 11: 1-13 Dear Friends, Today, we have the Lukan version of the Our Father. This special prayer is the culmination and deepest expression ...

SIXTEENTH SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME

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Lk 10:38-42 Dear Friends, True hospitality is one of many important themes in the story of Martha and Mary. Martha, as is so often our own e...

FIFTHTEENTH SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME

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LK 10:25-37 Dear Friends, The Jewish lawyer in today’s gospel passage was not interested in Jesus’ answer to the question, who is my neighbo...