Eleventh Week in Ordinary Time WHERE IS OUR TREASURE? Introduction In defending his ministry, Paul boasts of all he has done and suffered in the service of the Gospel of the young Christian communities. These sufferings affect and hurt him, for they bring out his human frailty. But he goes on […]
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Eleventh Week in Ordinary Time TRUSTFUL PRAYER Introduction Paul pleads to the Corinthians to remain faithful to Christ, who had chosen him to be his apostle and had sent him to Corinth. In the words of Jesus, Matthew gives us today a catechesis on prayer. The reason and basis of our […]
Eleventh Week in Ordinary Time GIVING GENEROUSLY Introduction Both Jesus and Paul in Year I speak to us today on sincere and generous sharing. To Paul, the generous, spontaneous givers are ministers of God’s goodness; by giving thanks to God for what they themselves have received they are further enriching themselves by sharing. […]
Eleventh Week in Ordinary Time FROM ENEMY TO NEIGHBOR Introduction Paul tells us today that churches that are better off must help those that are poorer. Here he applies this when he asks the Church of Corinth, a church of pagan origin, to help the impoverished poorer church of Jerusalem. Jesus […]
Eleventh Week in Ordinary Time BREAK THE SPIRAL OF EVIL Introduction “Do not accept the grace of God in vain.” Be always open to it. For “today is the acceptable time,” today is the day of grace. Do not let it pass! Are we willing to listen to the voice of Paul? […]
Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time 1. Patience: These Are Only Seeds 2. While the Farmer Sleeps… Greeting (Eph 3:20-21) Glory to him whose power, working in us, can do infinitely more than we can ask or imagine. Glory to him in the church and in Christ Jesus. May the Lord Jesus be with […]
Tenth Week in Ordinary Time IMMACULATE HEART OF MARY Introduction by the Celebrant The celebration in honor of the Immaculate Heart of Mary is closely linked to the solemnity of the Sacred Heart, which it follows by one day. This is not by accident. When we honor the Sacred Heart of Jesus we […]
Tenth Week in Ordinary Time SACRED HEART OF JESUS No Greater Love Greeting (See the second Reading) May Christ live in your hearts, may you be planted in love, built on the love of Christ, and may he be with you always. R/ And also with you. Introduction by the Celebrant Because […]
Tenth Week in Ordinary Time DISCIPLES ARE RECONCILERS Introduction In the rather difficult first reading, Paul states that in the New Testament there is the freedom of the Spirit. We see God in the mirror of Christ. In the Gospel Christ tells us that our practice of love should go farther […]
Tenth Week in Ordinary Time IN THE NEW COVENANT Introduction Paul, defending his ministry against Jewish converts who insist on their prerogatives, states that the new covenant is superior to the old one as the life-giving Spirit is superior to the death-bringing law. Jesus says something similar in words that at first sight […]