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Nobody Puts God in a Corner
Saturday of the Seventh Week in Ordinary Time First Reading: Sirach 17:1-15 God from the earth created man, and in his own image he made him. He makes man return...
Saint Athanasius, Sirach, and the Sobbing-Face Emoji
Friday of the Seventh Week in Ordinary Time First Reading: Sirach 6:5-17 A kind mouth multiplies friends and appeases enemies, and gracious lips prompt friendly greetings. Let your acquaintances be...
Beware of the Millstone
Memorial of Saint Polycarp, Bishop and Martyr First Reading: Sirach 5:1-8 Rely not on your wealth; say not: "I have the power." Rely not on your strength in following the...
Feast of Saint Peter's Chair
Feast of the Chair of Saint Peter, Apostle First Reading: 1 Peter 5:1-4 Beloved: I exhort the presbyters among you, as a fellow presbyter and witness to the sufferings of...
Be, Not Do
Tuesday of the Seventh Week in Ordinary Time First Reading: Sirach 2:1-11 My son, when you come to serve the LORD, stand in justice and fear, prepare yourself for trials....
Jesus, Do You Hear Me?
Monday of the Seventh Week in Ordinary Time First Reading: Sirach 1:1-10 All wisdom comes from the LORD and with him it remains forever, and is before all time The...
The Temple of God
Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time First Reading: Leviticus 19:1-2, 17-18 The LORD said to Moses, "Speak to the whole Israelite community and tell them: Be holy, for I, the LORD,...
What Our Lives Say
Saturday of the Sixth Week in Ordinary Time First Reading: Hebrews 11:1-7 Brothers and sisters: Faith is the realization of what is hoped for and evidence of things not seen....
Jesus as Our Dictionary
Friday of the Sixth Week in Ordinary Time First Reading: Genesis 11:1-9 The whole world spoke the same language, using the same words. While the people were migrating in the...
We Are All Mothers in Some Way
Thursday of the Sixth Week in Ordinary Time First Reading: Genesis 9:1-13 God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them: "Be fertile and multiply and fill the earth....
Your 'Hope of Peace'
Wednesday of the Sixth Week in Ordinary Time First Reading: Genesis 8:6-13, 20-22 At the end of forty days Noah opened the hatch he had made in the ark, and...
A Sign
Monday of the Sixth Week in Ordinary Time First Reading: Genesis 4:1-15, 25 The man had relations with his wife Eve, and she conceived and bore Cain, saying, "I have...