Category: Word of the Lord

Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord

The Passion of Jesus – Matthew 26:14—27:66  One of the Twelve, who was called Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests and said, “What are you willing to give me if I hand him over to you?” They paid him thirty pieces of silver, and from that time on he

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5th Sunday of Lent

Jesus Raises Lazarus from the Dead – John 11:1—45  Now a man was ill, Lazarus from Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha. Mary was the one who had anointed the Lord with perfumed oil and dried his feet with her hair; it was her brother Lazarus who

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4th Sunday of Lent | Laetare Sunday

Jesus Heals a Man Born Blind – John 9:1—41  As Jesus passed by he saw a man blind from birth. His disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?” Jesus answered, “Neither he nor his parents sinned; it is so that the

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3rd Sunday of Lent

Jesus and the Samaritan Woman – John 4:5—42  Jesus came to a town of Samaria called Sychar, near the plot of land that Jacob had given to his son Joseph. Jacob’s well was there. Jesus, tired from his journey, sat down there at the well. It was about noon. A

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2nd Sunday of Lent

The Transfiguration of Jesus – Matthew 17:1—9  Jesus took Peter, James, and John his brother, and led them up a high mountain by themselves. And he was transfigured before them; his face shone like the sun and his clothes became white as light. And behold, Moses and Elijah appeared to

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1st Sunday of Lent

Jesus Tempted in the Desert – Matthew 4:1—11  At that time Jesus was led by the Spirit into the desert to be tempted by the devil. He fasted for forty days and forty nights, and afterwards he was hungry. The tempter approached and said to him, “If you are the

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Ash Wednesday

Almsgiving, Prayer and Fasting – Matthew 6:1–6, 16–18  Jesus said to his disciples: “Take care not to perform righteous deeds in order that people may see them; otherwise, you will have no recompense from your heavenly Father. When you give alms, do not blow a trumpet before you, as the

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7th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Love Your Enemies – Matthew 5:38—48  Jesus said to his disciples: “You have heard that it was said, An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth. But I say to you, offer no resistance to one who is evil. When someone strikes you on your right cheek,

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6th Sunday in Ordinary Time

The Fulfillment of the Law – Matthew 5:17—37  Jesus said to his disciples: “Do not think that I have come to abolish the law or the prophets. I have come not to abolish but to fulfill. Amen, I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not the smallest

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5th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Salt and Light – Matthew 5:13—16  Jesus said to his disciples: “You are the salt of the earth. But if salt loses its taste, with what can it be seasoned? It is no longer good for anything but to be thrown out and trampled underfoot. You are the light of

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