SEVENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Love Even Your Enemies Greeting (See 2 Cor 5:18) It was God who reconciled us to himself in Christ and gave us the work of handing on this reconciliation. May the forgiving Lord be with you. R/ And also with you. Introduction by the Celebrant If we are […]
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Daily Liturgy
Saturday of 6th Week in Ordinary Time On the Mountain of Glory Introduction Alarmed by the evil done to the Christian community by false teachers, James warns against the dangers of falsehood. This warning is valid today when words are so much manipulated to deceive and disguise. After he has announced his coming suffering […]
Friday of 6th Week in Ordinary Time Faith Demands Deeds Introduction Today, we have in the first reading one of the most important passages of James: faith demands commitment – or, as Jesus will say in the Gospel, consistent discipleship. “Faith without works is a dead faith,” a mere belief in theoretical tenets. Sometimes, […]
Thursday of 6th Week in Ordinary Time Equals Before God Introduction Our constant temptation is to look up to people in positions of power, wealth, influence, and to disregard the poor and the weak and to discriminate against them and also against half of humanity-women. It demands courage to associate with the poor and […]
Tuesday of 6th Week in Ordinary Time True Worship Introduction James tells us that if we believe in a message of life and hope, real faith and real worship of God consist in doing what we believe in, and in reflecting in our attitude and deeds God’s love for us by being concerned about […]
Tuesday of 6th Week in Ordinary Time Use Your Eyes and Ears! Introduction James calls blessed those who resist the test of temptations. But temptations do not come from God but from the concupiscence within ourselves. From God comes all good gifts. The theme of yesterday is continued in today’s reading. We should not […]
Monday of 6th Week in Ordinary Time STS. CYRIL, Monk & METHODIUS, Bishop, Missionaries Introduction The liturgy celebrates today two great missionaries from the Eastern Church, the monk Cyril and his brother, Methodius, bishop. Born in Thessalonica in Greece, they evangelized the Bulgarians, Moravians and Bohemians in the 9th Century. They created the Slavonic […]
SIXTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Those Whom God Makes Happy God Is with the Poor Greeting (See First Reading) Blessing on you who recognize your poverty and therefore put your trust in the Lord; blessing on you when the Lord is your hope. May the grace of the Lord be always with you. R/ And […]
Saturday of 5th Week in Ordinary Time Bread for the Hungry Introduction The first reading describes the efforts of king Jeroboam to strengthen the political separation of the northern tribes of Israel by adding to it a religious separation. Jesus, on the other hand, brings people together and gives them something to […]
Friday of 5th Week in Ordinary Time OUR LADY OF LOURDES, World Day of the Sick Optional Memorial Introduction On February 11, 1858, our Lady appeared at Lourdes to a simple girl, Bernadette Soubirous. Since then millions of pilgrims have flocked to this town and have experienced there a renewal […]