ASH WEDNESDAY “I Will Serve” Away With All Masks Here Is Lent, Our Favorable Time “I Will Serve” Greeting The peace and reconciliation of the merciful Father be always with you. R/ And also with you. Introduction by the Celebrant Today we begin our forty days of Lent, forty days of preparation for Easter. […]
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Tuesday of 8th Week in Ordinary Time A HUNDREDFOLD REWARD The Holy Spirit was already at work in the prophets of the Old Testament, but the Good News of Christ is a much clearer revelation. Set all your hope on the grace of Christ. What about those who give up everything for the sake […]
Monday of 8th Week in Ordinary Time Not Willing to Pay the Price Introduction The first letter of Peter was written in Rome and addressed to non-Jewish Christians of the Asian region. The assistance of a secretary may explain how his Greek is rather sophisticated for a fisherman from Galilee. He begins […]
EIGHTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME The Splinter in Your Eye Greeting (See Second Reading) Let us thank God for giving the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. May the Risen Lord Jesus be always with you. R/ And also with you. Introduction by the Celebrant Why is it that practically all of […]
Saturday of 7th Week in Ordinary Time Is Anyone Sick Among You? Introduction James gives us today his famous text on anointing the sick. The sick person is the responsibility of the community. “I was sick and you visited me,” says the Lord of the true Christian. In our difficult […]
Friday of 7th Week in Ordinary Time Joined Together By God Introduction James gives practical advice. We have to wait in patience for the coming of the Lord, and also be patient with one another. Then, we should be reliable people who stand by their given word. To Christ, marriage is planned by God […]
Thursday of 7th Week in Ordinary Time Protect the Weak Introduction James resorts to the vehement invective of the prophets against the rich who exploit the poor, though there must have been few really rich in the early Christian communities. In a series of not too well connected words of the Lord to his […]
Wednesday of 7th Week in Ordinary Time POLYCARP OF SMYRNA Introduction St Polycarp of Smyrna was a disciple of John the Evangelist and one of the most renowned of the early bishops of Asia. He died a martyr at the age of 86, offering his death as a eucharist of thanksgiving. He declared to […]
PETER’S CHAIR, Feast Introduction The liturgy celebrates today not so much that Peter was the bishop of Rome than what his function is. In answer to Peter’s profession of faith, Jesus appoints him the Rock on which the Church is built. As Peter himself knew very well, the shepherd is the model of his […]
Monday of 7th Week in Ordinary Time Healing and Raising Up Introduction In his letter, James presents to the faithful rules of Christian moral living as an expression of the true wisdom of faith. Jesus heals a man who is possessed. He demands faith and trusting prayer, otherwise we are closed to God’s action. […]