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August 26, 2018: Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time
Reading: John 6: 60-69 Many of Jesus’ disciples who were listening said, “This saying is hard, who can accept it?” Since Jesus knew that His disciples were murmuring about this, He said to them, “Does this shock you? What if you were to see the Son of Man descending to where He was before? It…
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August 19, 2018: Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Reading John 6: 51-58 Jesus said to the crowds: “I am the living bread that came down from heaven; whoever eats this bread will live forever; and the bread that I will give is my flesh for the life of the world.” The Jews quarreled among themselves, saying, “How can this Man give us His…
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August 12, 2018: Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Reading: John 6: 41-51 The Jews murmured about Jesus because He said, “I am the bread that came down from heaven,”and they said, “Is this not Jesus, the son of Joseph? Do we not know His father and mother? Then how can He say, ‘I have come down from heaven’?” Jesus answered and said to…
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August 5, 2018: Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Reading: John 6: 24-35 When the crowd saw that neither Jesus nor His disciples were there, they themselves got into boats and came to Capernaum looking for Jesus. And when they found Him across the sea they said to Him, “Rabbi, when did you get here?” Jesus answered them and said, “Amen, amen I say…
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July 30, 2017: Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Jesus said to His disciples: “The kingdom of heaven is like a treasure buried in a field, which a person finds and hides again, and out of joy goes and sells all that he has and buys that field. Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant searching for fine pearls. When she finds…
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July 23, 2017: Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Jesus proposed another parable to the crowds, saying: “The kingdom of heaven may be likened to a person who sowed good seed in his field. While everyone was asleep an enemy came and sowed weeds all through the wheat and then went off. When the crop grew and bore fruit, the weeds appeared as well….
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July 16, 2017: Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
On that day, Jesus went out of the house and sat down by the sea. Such large crowds gathered around him that he got into a boat and sat down and the whole crowd stood along the shore. Jesus spoke to them at length in parables, saying: “A sower went out to sow. And as…
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July 9, 2017: Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
At that time Jesus exclaimed: “I will give praise to you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, for although You have hidden these things from the wise and the learned You have revealed them to the little ones. Yes, Father, such has been your gracious will. All things have been handed over to me by…
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July 2, 2017: Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Jesus said to his Apostles: “Whoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; And whoever loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me; And whoever does not take up their cross and follow after me is not worthy of Me. Whoever finds their life will lose…
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August 28, 2016: Twenty Second Sunday in Ordinary Time
On a sabbath Jesus went to dine at the home of one of the the leading Pharisees, and the people there were observing Him carefully. He told a parable to those who had been the invited, noticing how they were choosing the places of honor at the table. “When you are invited by someone to…
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August 21, 2016: Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time
Jesus passed through towns and villages, teaching as He went and making His way to Jerusalem. Someone asked Him, “Lord, will only a few people be saved?” He answered them, “Strive to enter through the narrow gate, for many, I tell you, will attempt to enter but will not be strong enough. After the master…
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August 14, 2016: Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Jesus said to His disciples: “I have come to set the earth on fire, and how I wish it were already blazing! There is a baptism with which I must be baptized, and how great is my anguish until it is accomplished! Do you think that I have come to establish peace on the earth?…
Marilyn Kirschten is a Providence Associate of the Sisters of Providence. Marilyn lives in a northern suburb of Chicago. She is a graduate of Marywood, Evanston and is involved in multiple ministries in her parish, Our Lady of Ransom in Niles, Ill.