Readings
Ezek 37: 1-14 I will open your graves Ps 104: 24-34 You renew the face of the earth Rev 21: 1-5a I am making all things new Mt 5: 1-12 Blessed are you…
Commentary
I will put my spirit within you, and you shall live. Biblical faith is imbued with a radical hope that the […]

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ReadingsIs 25:6-9 This is the Lord for whom we have waited. Ps 117:1-2 Praise the Lord, all you nations. Rom 2:12-16 The doers of the law will be justified Mk 7:24-30 For saying this, you may go home happy.
Commentary
Nearly every day we hear of violence in different parts of the world between followers […]

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Readings
II Kings 20: 1-6 Remember me, O Lord! Ps 22: 1-11 Why have you forsaken me? Jas 5: 13-15 The prayer of faith will save the sick Mk 10: 46-52 Jesus asked: What do you want me to do for you?
Commentary
How often Jesus encounters the sick and is willing to heal them! Common […]

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Readings
Is 58: 6-12 Do not hide yourself from your own kin Ps 133 How good it is when kindred live in unity Gal 3: 26-29You are all one in Christ JesusLk 18: 9-14To some who trusted in their own righteousness
Commentary
In the beginning, human beings created in the image of God were but one […]

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Readings
Gen 1: 31-2: 3 God saw everything he had made and it was very good Ps 148: 1-5 He commanded and they were created Rom 8: 18-23 The destruction of creation Mt 16: 31-32 The smallest of all the seeds
Commentary
God created our world with wisdom and love and when he had finished his […]

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Readings
Lev 25: 8-14 The jubilee which liberates Ps 146 The Lord executes justice for the oppressed 1 Tim 6: 9-10 The love of money is the root of all evil Lk 4: 16-21 Jesus and the jubilee as liberation
Commentary
We pray for the kingdom of God to arrive. We long for a world […]

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Readings Is 2: 1-4 They shall no longer learn war Ps 74: 18-23 Do not forget the life of your poor for ever I Pet 2: 21-25 His wounds have healed you Mt 5: 38-48 Pray for those who persecute you
Commentary
War and violence are still major obstacles to that unity willed by God for […]

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Today marks the beginning of the observance of the Octave of Church Unity, a special time of prayer for the unity of all of Christ’s faithful. The official resources are available on the Vatican website here. I will be putting up the each day’s  readings, commentary and prayer if you’d like the abbreviated version.
The inspiration […]

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From a discourse on the Psalms by St. Augustine
We entreat you, brothers, as earnestly as we are able, to have charity not only for one another but also for those who are outside the church…whether they like it or not, they are our brothers; and they will only cease to be so when they longer […]

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This story makes me very sad. How it must grieve our Lord to see these divisions persist. I don't know who is right, and who is wrong, or who should or should not be disciplined. I am only certain that these divisions added to the suffering Our Lord endured in the Passion.
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