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WEDNESDAY OF THE FOURTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME, FEBRUARY 1, 2023
MASS READINGS Reading I Heb 12:4-7, 11-15 REFLECTION See to it that no one be deprived of the grace of God, that no bitter root spring up...
Olivia M. Bannan
Feb 1, 20232 min read


TUESDAY OF THE FOURTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME JANUARY 31, 2023 MEMORIAL ST JOHN BOSCO
MASS READINGS Reading I Heb 12:1-4 REFLECTION " rid ourselves of every burden and sin that clings to us and persevere in running the race...
Olivia M. Bannan
Jan 31, 20232 min read


MONDAY, JANUARY 30, 2023, FOURTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME
MASS READINGS Gospel Mk 5:1-20 REFLECTION “What have you to do with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I adjure you by God, do not...
Olivia M. Bannan
Jan 30, 20232 min read


FOURTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME, JANUARY 29, 2023
MASS READINGS Gospel Mt 5:1-12a He began to teach them REFLECTION He began to teach them Jesus is the master teacher. To communicate His...
Olivia M. Bannan
Jan 29, 20231 min read


SAINT THOMAS AQUINAS, PRIEST AND DOCTOR OF THE CHURCH, SATURDAY, ORDINARY TIME JANUARY 28, 2023
MASS READINGS: GOSPEL Mk 4:35-41 "Do you not yet have faith?" REFLECTION "Do you not yet have faith?" We have all read and heard many...
Olivia M. Bannan
Jan 28, 20232 min read


SAINT ANGELA MERICI, VIRGIN, FRIDAY ORDINARY WEEK, JANUARY 27, 2023
St Angela Merici 1474-1540 Brescia, Italy MASS READINGS Gospel Mk 4:26-34 "he knows not how" REFLECTION "he knows not how" Have you been...
Olivia M. Bannan
Jan 27, 20232 min read


MEMORIAL SAINTS TIMOTHY AND TITUS, BISHOPS, THURSDAY JANUARY 26, 2023
MASS READINGS: Reading I 2 Tm 1:1-8 OR: Ti 1:1-5 REFLECTION As one reads the letters to Timothy and Titus, we sense that St Paul truly...
Olivia M. Bannan
Jan 26, 20231 min read


WEDNESDAY OF ORDINARY WEEK, JANUARY 25, 2023, FEAST THE CONVERSION OF SAINT PAUL THE APOSTLE
MASS READINGS: Reading 1 Acts 9:1-22 "Saul, my brother, the Lord has sent me...' REFLECTION ‘Saul, my brother, the Lord has sent me...'...
Olivia M. Bannan
Jan 25, 20232 min read


Memorial of Saint Francis de Sales, Bishop and Doctor of the Church
READINGS Gospel Mark 3:31-35 REFLECTION "Here are my mother and my brothers. For whoever does the will of God is my brother and...

Mary Jo Barr
Jan 24, 20232 min read


MONDAY THIRD WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME, DAY OF PRAYER FOR THE LEGAL PROTECTION OF UNBORN LIFE, 1-23-2023
MASS READINGS: Collect: God our Creator, we give thanks to you, who alone have the power to impart the breath of life as you form each...
Olivia M. Bannan
Jan 23, 20233 min read


THIRD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME, SUNDAY OF THE WORD OF GOD, JANUARY 22, 2023
MASS READINGS: September 30th is the Feast of St Jerome, the man who translated most of the Bible into Latin and who said, "Ignorance of...
Olivia M. Bannan
Jan 22, 20232 min read


MEMORIAL OF ST AGNES, SATURDAY OF THE SECOND WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME, JANUARY 21, 2023
MASS READINGS: Gospel Mk 3:20-21 they set out to seize him, for they said, "He is out of his mind" REFLECTION they set out to seize him,...
Olivia M. Bannan
Jan 21, 20231 min read


FRIDAY OF THE SECOND WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME, JANUARY 20, 2023
MASS READINGS: Responsorial Psalm Ps 85:8 and 10, 11-12, 13-14 Kindness and truth shall meet REFLECTION Kindness and truth shall meet In...
Olivia M. Bannan
Jan 20, 20231 min read


THURSDAY OF THE SECOND WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME, JANUARY 19, 2023
MASS READINGS Reading 1 Heb 7:25—8:6 REFLECTION Jesus is always able to save those who approach God through him, since he lives forever...
Olivia M. Bannan
Jan 19, 20232 min read


WEDNESDAY OF THE SECOND WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME, JANUARY 18, 2023
MASS READINGS Gospel Mk 3:1-6 REFLECTION Looking around at them with anger and grieved at their hardness of heart. In the Old Testament,...
Olivia M. Bannan
Jan 18, 20232 min read


MEMORIAL OF SAINT ANTHONY, ABBOTT, JANUARY 17, 2023
MASS READINGS A Gospel according to Mk 2:23-28 As Jesus was passing through a field of grain on the sabbath, his disciples began to make...

Maria Knox
Jan 17, 20232 min read


MONDAY OF THE SECOND WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME, JANUARY 16, 2023
MASS READINGS A Reading from Heb 5:1-10 Brothers and sisters: Every high priest is taken from among men and made their representative...

Maria Knox
Jan 16, 20232 min read


SECOND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME, JANUARY 15, 2023
MASS READINGS: GOSPEL Jn 1:29-34 REFLECTION "Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world". A profound truth--Jesus is...
Olivia M. Bannan
Jan 15, 20231 min read


SATURDAY OF THE FIRST WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME, JANUARY 14, 2023
MASS READINGS: GOSPEL Mk 2:13-17 FOLLOW ME REFLECTION "FOLLOW ME" If someone told you, "Follow me" how do you know to follow? How do you...
Olivia M. Bannan
Jan 14, 20232 min read


FRIDAY OF THE FIRST WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME JANUARY 13, 2023 OPTIONAL MEMORIAL ST HILARY
MASS READINGS PSALM 78 "Do not forget the works of the Lord" REFLECTION "Do not forget the works of the Lord" My mother lived with us the...
Olivia M. Bannan
Jan 13, 20232 min read
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