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Courage to Move
First Reading: Amos 7:10-17 Amaziah, the priest of Bethel, sent word to Jeroboam, king of Israel: “Amos has conspired against you here within Israel; the country cannot endure all his...
The Fundamental Question
Solemnity of Saints Peter & Paul First Reading: Acts 12:1-11 In those days, King Herod laid hands upon some members of the Church to harm them. He had James, the...
A God Who Calms Our Storms
Memorial of Saint Irenaeus: Bishop & Martyr First Reading: Amos 3:1-8; 4:11-12 Hear this word, O children of Israel, that the LORD pronounces over you, over the whole family that...
A Jealous Lover
First Reading: Amos 2:6-10, 13-16 Thus says the LORD: For three crimes of Israel, and for four, I will not revoke my word; Because they sell the just man for...
Love Equals Truth
First Reading: 1 Kings 19:16B, 19-21 The LORD said to Elijah: “You shall anoint Elisha, son of Shaphat of Abelmeholah, as prophet to succeed you.” Elijah set out and came...
Lamentations
First Reading: Lamentations 2:2, 10-14, 18-19 The Lord has consumed without pity all the dwellings of Jacob; He has torn down in his anger the fortresses of daughter Judah; He...
Raising Up Saints
Solemnity of the Nativity of Saint John the Baptist First Reading: Isaiah 49:1-6 Hear me, O coastlands, listen, O distant peoples. The LORD called me from birth, from my mother’s...
Anchoring in God
First Reading: 2 Kings 24:8-17 Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Nehushta, daughter of Elnathan...
Bearing Good Fruit
First Reading: 2 Kings 22:8-13; 23:1-3 The high priest Hilkiah informed the scribe Shaphan, “I have found the book of the law in the temple of the LORD.” Hilkiah gave...
Clutching Our Pearls
Memorial of Saint Aloysius Gonzaga First Reading: 2 Kings 19:9B-11, 14-21, 31-35A, 36 Sennacherib, king of Assyria, sent envoys to Hezekiah with this message: “Thus shall you say to Hezekiah,...
Judgment versus Guidance
First Reading: 2 Kings 17:5-8, 13-15A, 18 Shalmaneser, king of Assyria, occupied the whole land and attacked Samaria, which he besieged for three years. In the ninth year of Hoshea,...
Universal Is Our Church
First Reading: Zecheriah 12:10-11; 13:1 Thus says the LORD: I will pour out on the house of David and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and petition;...
