Even those who are young grow weak; young people can fall exhausted. But those who trust in the Lord for help will find their strength renewed. They will rise on [...]
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The Commemoration of the Lord’s Entrance into JerusalemLk 19:28-40 At the MassIs 50:4-7; Ps 22; Phil 2:6-11; Lk 22:14-23:56 COMMENTARY The Heart of Divine Mission Palm Sunday is also called Passion [...]
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Is 43:16-21; Ps 126; Phil 3:8-14; Jn 8:1-11 COMMENTARY Misera et Misericordia “The Misery and Mercy”With this fifth Sunday of Lent, we are approaching the final phase of the Lenten Journey. It is actually the [...]
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Missionaries who laid down their lives in 2024 Thirteen Catholic missionaries were killed in their work in 2024, including eight priests and five laypeople. An annual study published by Fides [...]
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Jos 5:9a,10-12; Ps 34; 2Cor 5:17-21; Lk 15:1-3,11-32 COMMENTARY The Return to the Joy of the Father “The Fourth Sunday of Lent is suffused with light, a light reflected on this ‘Laetare Sunday’ [‘Rejoice!’] by vestments [...]
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Ex 3:1-8a,13-15; Ps 103; 1Cor 10:1-6,10-12; Lk 13:1-9 COMMENTARY Called to ConversionOn this Sunday we are approaching the middle of Lent and therefore also the center of the whole Lenten [...]
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Gn 15:5-12,17-18; Ps 27; Phil 3:17-4:1; Lk 9:28b-36 COMMENTARY Transfigured on the Way“The Gospel on the second Sunday of Lent is always the account of the Transfiguration” says theHomiletic Directory (no. 64) which further explains authoritatively: “The Transfiguration holds an [...]
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Dt 26:4-10; Ps 91; Rom 10:8-13; Lk 4:1-13 COMMENTARY Toward a Missionary Christian Conversion Time flies and we arrive at a new Lent of our life. It is always the “venerable and sacred time,” as the Church reminds us [...]
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Sir 27:4-7; Ps 92; 1Cor 15:54-58; Lk 6:39-45 COMMENTARY The Wisdom of HeartJesus’ teaching in today’s Gospel follows that of last Sunday, and we are always within his “Discourse on [...]
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