Category: Word of the Lord

13th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Whoever Receives You Receives Me – Matthew 10:37—42  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 his cross and follow

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12th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Fear No One – Matthew 10:26—33  Jesus said to the Twelve: “Fear no one. Nothing is concealed that will not be revealed, nor secret that will not be known. What I say to you in the darkness, speak in the light; what you hear whispered, proclaim on the housetops. And

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11th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Jesus Sends Out the Disciples – Matthew 9:36—10:8  At the sight of the crowds, Jesus’ heart was moved with pity for them because they were troubled and abandoned, like sheep without a shepherd. Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is abundant but the laborers are few; so ask

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Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ

I Am the Living Bread – John 6:51—58  Jesus said to the Jewish 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

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Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity

God So Loved the World – John 3:16—18  God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him might not perish but might have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but that

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Pentecost Sunday

Receive the Holy Spirit – John 20:19—23  On the evening of that first day of the week, when the doors were locked, where the disciples were, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in their midst and said to them, “Peace be with you.” When he had said

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Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord

The Commissioning of the Disciples – Matthew 28:16–20  The eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain to which Jesus had ordered them. When they saw him, they worshiped, but they doubted. Then Jesus approached and said to them, “All power in heaven and on earth has been given to

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6th Sunday of Easter

Jesus Promises the Holy Spirit – John 14:15—21  Jesus said to his disciples: “If you love me, you will keep my commandments. And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate to be with you always, the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot accept, because

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5th Sunday of Easter

Jesus the Way to the Father – John 14:1—12  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

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4th Sunday of Easter

Jesus the Good Shepherd – John 10:1—10  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

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