Showing posts with label Cycle-c. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cycle-c. Show all posts

The Feast of Christ the King

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The Last Sunday of the Year Dear Friends, This famous Gospel text is not as simple and straight forward as it seems on the surface. I ...

Thirty Third Sunday of Ordinary Time

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Reading of the Holy Gospel according to Luke 21, 5-19  Dear Parishioners, As the Church Year draws to a rapid conclusion, the Gospel me...

Thirty Second Sunday of Ordinary Time

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Reading of the Holy Gospel according to Luke 20, 27-38 Dear Parishioners, In today’s Gospel story the Sadducees challenge Jesus with ...

Thirty First Sunday of Sunday of Ordinary Time

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Reading of the Holy Gospel according to Luke 19, 1-10 Dear Parishioners, "Zacchaeus, who was a chief tax collector and a wealth...

Thirtieth Sunday of Ordinary Time

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Reading of the holy gospel according to Luke 18, 9-14 Dear Parishioners, I grew up in St. Laurence parish on the South Side of Chicago. ...

Twenty Ninth Sunday of Ordinary Time

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Reading of the Holy Gospel according to Luke 18, 1-8 Dear Friends, There are a couple of points we need to make right away. The parab...

Twenty Eighth Sunday of Ordinary Time

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Reading of the Holy Gospel according to Luke 17, 11-19 Dear Friends, The first words of today’s passage from Luke are “As Jesus conti...

Twenty Seventh Sunday of Ordinary Time

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Reading of the Holy Gospel according to Luke 17, 5-10  Dear Friends, This short passage in today’s Gospel is part of a longer section. H...

Twenty Sixth Sunday of Ordinary Time

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Reading of the Holy Gospel according to Luke 16, 19-31 Dear Friends, In his Gospel, Luke puts great emphasis on the theme of reversal. ...

Twenty-Fifth Sunday of Ordinary Time

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Reading of the Holy Gospel according to Luke 16, 1-13 Dear Friends, When we finally work through this most puzzling of all the parable...

Twentieth-Fouth Sunday of Ordinary Time

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Lk 15: 1-32 Dear Friends, All three parables have one dominant and common theme. They are totally excessive in their contradiction of co...

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 discipl...

The Twenty-Second Sunday of Ordinary Time

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Lk 14:1, 7-14 Dear Friends, As always, today’s Gospel passage has many levels. On the surface, Jesus is offering some practical advi...

The Twenty First Sunday of Ordinary Time

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Luke 13:22-30 Dear Friends, Religion is a very tricky business. A lot of selfishness takes place in the name of Jesus. Often, what seem...

Twentieth Sunday of Ordinary Time

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Lk 12:49-53  Dear Friends, Our Gospel today places us in the midst of Jesus’ journey to Jerusalem. Luke’s ten chapters dedicated to this...

Nineteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time

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Luke 12: 32-48 Dear Friends, I get the impression that most people come to worship on Sunday to change God. They have real problems...

Prayer Project

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Prayer of Petition I “Our Thoughts and Prayers:” A Serious Commitment  We often tell people that we will pray for them or that th...

Eighteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time

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Lk 12:13-21 Dear Friends, In today’s Gospel, Jesus responds to the request to intervene in the family dispute by telling a story. The me...

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 ...

Sixteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time

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Lk 10: 38-42  Dear Friends,      Today’s short passage of Luke’s gospel seems like a simple story. It tells us there must be a balance b...