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October 26, 2014: 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time
When the Pharisees heard that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together, and one of them, a scholar of the law tested him by asking, “Teacher, which commandment in the law is the greatest?” He said to him, “You shall love the Lord, your God, with all your heart, with all your soul, and…
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October 19, 2014: 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time
The Pharisees went off and plotted how they might entrap Jesus in speech. They sent their disciples to him, with the Herodians, saying, “Teacher, we know that you are a truthful man and that you teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. And you are not concerned with anyone’s opinion, for you…
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October 12, 2014: 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Jesus again in reply spoke to the chief priests and elders of the people in parables, saying, “The kingdom of heaven may be likened to a king who gave a wedding feast for his son. He dispatched his servants to summon the invited guests to the feast, but they refused to come. A second time…
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October 5, 2014: 27th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Jesus said to the chief priests and the elders of the people: “Hear another parable. There was a landowner who planted a vineyard, put a hedge around it, dug a wine press in it, and built a tower. Then he leased it to tenants and went on a journey. When vintage time drew near, he…
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May 25, 2014: 6th Sunday of Easter
Jesus said to his disciples: “If you love me, you will keep my commandments. And I will ask the Father, who will give you another Advocate to be with you always, the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot accept, because it neither sees nor knows the Spirit. But you know the Spirit, because the…
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May 18, 2014: 5th Sunday of Easter
Jesus said to his disciples: “Do not let your hearts be troubled. You have faith in God; have faith also in me. In my Father’s house there are many dwelling places. If there were not, would I have told you that I am going to prepare a place for you? And if I go and…
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May 11, 2014: 4th Sunday of Easter
Jesus said: “Amen, amen, I say to you, whoever does not enter a sheepfold through the gate but climbs over elsewhere is a thief and a robber. But whoever enters through the gate is the shepherd of the sheep. The gatekeeper opens it for him, and the sheep hear his voice, as the shepherd calls…
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May 4, 2014: 3rd Sunday of Easter
That very day, the first day of the week, two of Jesus’ disciples were going to a village seven miles from Jerusalem called Emmaus, and they were conversing about all the things that had occurred. And it happened that while they were conversing and debating, Jesus himself drew near and walked with them, but their…
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October 27, 2013: 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time
The Pharisee and The Publican Jesus addressed this parable to those who were convinced of their own righteousness and despised everyone else. “Two people went up to the temple area to pray; one was a Pharisee and the other was a tax collector. The Pharisee took up his position and spoke this prayer to himself,…
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October 20, 2013: 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time
The Unjust Judge Jesus told his disciples a parable about the necessity for them to pray always without becoming weary. He said, ‘There was a judge in a certain town who neither feared God nor respected any human being. And a widow in that town used to come to him and say, ‘Render a just…
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October 13, 2013: 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Ten Lepers As Jesus continued his journey to Jerusalem, he traveled through Samaria and Galilee. As he was entering a village, ten lepers met him. They stood at a distance from him and raised their voices, saying, “Jesus, Master! Have pity on us!” And when he saw them, he said, “Go show yourselves to the…
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October 6, 2013: 27th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Servant doing only his duty The apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith.” The Lord replied, “If you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you would say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted and planted in the sea,’ and it would obey you. “Who among you would say to your servant who…
Sister Alexa Suelzer, SP, was a great scholar and theologian with a Ph.D. in Sacred Doctrine from the Catholic University of America in 1962, the same year that Vatican II opened. Sister Alexa’s ministry career included more than three decades as a college Scripture professor, time served in Congregation leadership and a stint as a vicar for religious in Oklahoma in the early 1980s. She passed away in June 2015. Read Sister Alexa’s Obituary here.
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