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TWELFTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME, JUNE 25, 2023
MASS READINGS Gospel Mt 10:26-33 "Fear no one." REFLECTION It takes a lot of work to find peace. Many Desert Fathers and saints lived in...
Olivia M. Bannan
Jun 24, 20232 min read


SOLEMNITY OF THE NATIVITY OF JOHN THE BAPTIST, JUNE 24, 2023
MASS READINGS Gospel Lk 1:57-66, 80 "The child grew and became strong in spirit, and he was in the desert until the day of his...
Olivia M. Bannan
Jun 23, 20232 min read


FRIDAY OF THE ELEVENTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME, JUNE 23, 2023
MASS READINGS: Gospel Mt 6:19-23 "For where your treasure is, there also will your heart be." REFLECTION Forty two years ago my life...
Olivia M. Bannan
Jun 22, 20231 min read


THURSDAY OF THE ELEVENTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME, JUNE 22, 2023
MASS READINGS: Reading 1 2 Cor 11:1-11 "....You put up with it well enough." REFLECTION St Francis de Sales said, "Perfection consists in...
Olivia M. Bannan
Jun 21, 20231 min read


ST ALOYSIUS GONZAGA, MEMORIAL, WEDNESDAY OF ORDINARY TIME, JUNE 21, 2023
MASS READINGS: Responsorial Psalm Ps 112:1bc-2, 3-4, 9 R. (1b) Blessed the man who fears the Lord. Gospel Mt 6:1-6, 16-18 "And your...
Olivia M. Bannan
Jun 20, 20231 min read


TUESDAY OF THE ELEVENTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME
READINGS Gospel Mt 5:43-48 Jesus said to his disciples: "You have heard that it was said, You shall love your neighbor and hate...

Mary Jo Barr
Jun 19, 20232 min read


MONDAY OF THE ELEVENTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME, JUNE 19, 2023
MASS READINGS: Gospel Mt 5:38-42 "But I say to you, offer no resistance to one who is evil. When someone strikes you on your right cheek,...
Olivia M. Bannan
Jun 18, 20231 min read


ELEVENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME, JUNE 18, 2023
MASS READINGS: Gospel Matthew 9:36—10:8 "The harvest is abundant but the laborers are few; so ask the master of the harvest to send out...
Olivia M. Bannan
Jun 17, 20232 min read


THE IMMACULATE HEART OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY, JUNE 17, 2023
MASS READINGS: Gospel Lk 2:41-51 “Son, why have you done this to us? Your father and I have been looking for you with great anxiety.”...
Olivia M. Bannan
Jun 16, 20231 min read


THE SOLEMNITY OF THE MOST SACRED HEART OF JESUS, JUNE 16, 2023
MASS READINGS: Reading 2 1 Jn 4:7-16 "Beloved, let us love one another, because love is of God; everyone who loves is begotten by God and...
Olivia M. Bannan
Jun 15, 20232 min read


THURSDAY OF THE TENTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME, JUNE 15, 2023
MASS READINGS: Gospel Mt 5:20-26 "But I say to you, whoever is angry with his brother will be liable to judgment, and whoever says to...
Olivia M. Bannan
Jun 14, 20231 min read


WEDNESDAY OF THE TENTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME, JUNE 14, 2023
MASS READINGS: Gospel Mt 5:17-19 "But whoever obeys and teaches these commandments will be called greatest in the Kingdom of heaven."...
Olivia M. Bannan
Jun 13, 20231 min read


Memorial of Saint Anthony of Padua, Priest and Doctor of the Church
READINGS Gospel Mt 5:13-16 Jesus said to his disciples: "You are the salt of the...

Mary Jo Barr
Jun 13, 20233 min read


MONDAY OF THE TENTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME, JUNE 12, 2023
MASS READINGS: Gospel Mt 5:1-12 "He began to teach them" REFLECTION The Sermon on the Mount takes place shortly after Jesus began His...
Olivia M. Bannan
Jun 11, 20231 min read


THE SOLEMNITY OF THE MOST HOLY BODY AND BLOOD OF CHRIST (CORPUS CHRISTI), JUNE 11, 2023
MASS READINGS: Gospel Jn 6:51-58 "I am the living bread that came down from heaven; whoever eats this bread will live forever; and the...
Olivia M. Bannan
Jun 10, 20231 min read


SATURDAY OF THE NINTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME, JUNE 10, 2023
MASS READINGS: Reading 1 Tb 12:1, 5-15, 20 "the works of God are to be declared and made known." REFLECTION May and June have brought to...
Olivia M. Bannan
Jun 9, 20232 min read


OPTIONAL MEMORIAL ST EPHREM, FRIDAY OF THE NINTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME, JUNE 9, 2023
MASS READINGS: Responsorial Psalm Ps 146:1b-2, 6c-7, 8-9a, 9bc-10 Praise the Lord, my soul! REFLECTION When someone gives you a gift--you...
Olivia M. Bannan
Jun 8, 20232 min read


THURSDAY OF THE NINTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME, JUNE 8, 2023
MASS READINGS: Reading 1 Tb 6:10-11; 7:1bcde, 9-17; 8:4-9a "they started to pray and beg that deliverance might be theirs." REFLECTION...
Olivia M. Bannan
Jun 7, 20231 min read


WEDNESDAY OF THE NINTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME, JUNE 7, 2023
MASS READINGS: Reading 1 Tb 3:1-11a, 16-17a Then with sobs I began to pray. REFLECTION Jesus is Love Incarnate. It is best not to...
Olivia M. Bannan
Jun 6, 20231 min read


Tuesday of the Ninth Week of Ordinary Time
READINGS Reading 1 Tb 2:9-14 On the night of Pentecost, after I had buried the dead, I, Tobit, went into my...

Mary Jo Barr
Jun 6, 20233 min read
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