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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;...
Practicing Detachment
First Reading: 2 Chronicles 24:17-25 After the death of Jehoiada, the princes of Judah came and paid homage to King Joash, and the king then listened to them. They forsook...
What's Your Darkness?
First Reading: 2 Kings 11:1-4, 9-18, 20 When Athaliah, the mother of Ahaziah, saw that her son was dead, she began to kill off the whole royal family. But Jehosheba,...
The Lord's Prayer
First Reading: Sirach 48:1-14 Like a fire there appeared the prophet Elijah whose words were as a flaming furnace. Their staff of bread he shattered, in his zeal he reduced...
Lord, I Am a Hypocrite
First Reading: 2 Kings 2:1, 6-14 When the LORD was about to take Elijah up to heaven in a whirlwind, he and Elisha were on their way from Gilgal. Elijah...
How to Love an Enemy
“Pray for those who persecute you.” Pray for them. Have you ever tried praying for someone who has hurt you deeply? It sounds so easy . . . all you...
Freedom in Our Hearts
Memorial of Saint Anthony of Padua, Priest & Doctor of the Church First Reading: 1 Kings 21:1-16 Naboth the Jezreelite had a vineyard in Jezreel next to the palace of...
Time to Love the Sinner in All of Us
First Reading: 2 Samuel 12:7-10, 13 Nathan said to David: “Thus says the LORD God of Israel: ‘I anointed you king of Israel. I rescued you from the hand of...
