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30th Sunday Ordinary Time October 25, 2026
Today’s first reading is taken from the Book of Exodus and tells us about how we should treat strangers and foreigners. God tells us that He is compassionate. The Gospel picks up on the first reading. Matthew has...
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29th Sunday Ordinary Time October 18, 2026
Readings: Isaiah 45:1, 4-6 |1 Thessalonians 1:1-5b | Matthew 22:15-21
‘Repay to Ceaser what belongs to Ceaser and to God what belongs to God’. This weekend as the global Catholic Church celebrates the...
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28th Sunday Ordinary Time October 11, 2026
Readings: Isaiah 25:6-10a | Philippians 4:12-14, 19-20 | Matthew 22:1-14
The wisdom teachings of the Scriptures are about how to use rightly the gifts of this world so that even now we begin to live...
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27th Sunday Ordinary Time October 4, 2026
Readings: Isaiah 5:1-7 | Philippians 4:6-9 | Matthew 21:33-43
Each one of us is the vineyard of the Lord. It is we ourselves who keep the Lord out and do not allow Him to transform us...
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26th Sunday Ordinary Time September 27, 2026
Readings: Ezekiel 18:25-28 | Philippians 2:1-11| Matthew 21:28-32
The first reading today, from the Prophet Ezekiel, is such a clear invitation to turn away from sin. Right away we must recognize that this invitation is...
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25th Sunday Ordinary Time September 20, 2026
Readings: Isaiah 55:6-9 | Philippians 1:20c-24, 27a | Matthew 20:1-16
The Gospel shows us people who are comparing themselves with one another, wondering how come the other person got a better deal on salvation than we...
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24th Sunday Ordinary Time September 13, 2026
Readings: Sirach 27:30–28:9 | Romans 14:7-9 | Matthew 18:21-35
Only God can give us the grace to forgive all others, those who have harmed us in any way at all. God’s calls...
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23rd Sunday Ordinary Time September 6, 2026
Readings: Ezekiel 33:7-9 | Romans 13:8-10 | Matthew 18:15-20
One of the most difficult things in life is correcting another person. Yes, there are people who seem always to be correcting others—but that...
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22nd Sunday Ordinary Time August 30, 2026
Readings: Jeremiah 20:7-9 | Romans 12:1-2 | Matthew 16:21-27
Jeremiah is struggling with God, trying to push God out of his life because God wants too much. God does not allow this, but remains in Jeremiah...
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21st Sunday Ordinary Time August 23, 2026
Readings: Isaiah 22:19-23, Romans 11:33-36, Matthew 16:13-20
We are invited to wonder how Peter came to be able to profess such a faith. Peter had been with Jesus and watching and sharing in the...
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20th Sunday Ordinary Time August 16, 2026
Readings: Isaiah 56:1, 6-7, Romans 11:13-15, 29-32, Matthew 15:21-28
Jesus lived and taught by his example, his way of living and his way of relating to others. The story in today’s...
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19th Sunday Ordinary Time August 9, 2026
Readings:1 Kings 19:9a, 11-13a, Romans 9:1-5, Matthew 14:22-33
Most of us who hear homilies or read them are people are trying to serve the Lord. We know that sometimes all we can do...
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17th Sunday Ordinary Time July 26, 2026
Readings: 1 Kings 3:5, 7-12, Romans 8:28-30, Matthew 13:44-52
The Kingdom of God is both an idea and a reality. It is an idea because we can think about it and ponder it. It...
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16th Sunday Ordinary Time July 19, 2026
Readings: Wisdom 12:13, 16-19, Romans 8:26-27, Matthew 13:24-43
The first reading is simply telling us that God is all-powerful but is gentle and always wants to give us time for repentance. We could...
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15th Sunday Ordinary Time July 12, 2026
Readings: Isaiah 55:10-11, Romans 8:18-23, Matthew 13:1-23
The Gospel takes up this same theme, but at great length. We are told by Scripture scholars that only the first part of this Scripture reading would...
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14th Sunday Ordinary Time July 5, 2026
Readings: Zechariah 9:9-10 Romans 8:9, 11-13 Matthew 11:25-30
Jesus is, we believe, truly God as well as truly human. Jesus humbles Himself to become human so as to redeem us. Jesus, by becoming a...
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13th Sunday Ordinary Time June 28, 2026
Readings: 2 Kings 4:8-11, 14-16a Romans 5:12-15 Matthew 10:26-33
The reading from the Second Book of Kings tells the story of Elisha repaying the kindness of a women who had no...
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12th Sunday Ordinary Time June 21, 2026
Readings: Jeremiah 20:10-13 Romans 5:12-15 Matthew 10:26-33
Today the first reading and the Gospel speak to us about proclaiming the Word of God to others and what that might mean in our own lives...
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11th Sunday Ordinary Time June 14, 2026
Readings: Exodus 19:2-6a Romans 5:6-11 Matthew 9:36—10:8
The more that we pray over these readings, the more they can affect us. When we list to the first reading, from the Book of...