Month: June 2013
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Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time – June 30
Central Idea: God must come first. Doctrine: Vocation. Practical Application: Living and discerning your vocation. To view the Lectionary 99 readings, click here. 1 Kgs 19:16b, 19-21; Ps 16:1-2, 5, 7-8, 9-10, 11; Gal 5:1, 13-18; Lk 9:51-62 Central Idea: God must come first At the call of Elijah, Elisha took his hand from his…
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Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time – June 23
Central Idea: Salvation comes by way of the Cross. Doctrine: Taking up one’s daily cross – Christian holiness by way of the Cross. Practical Application: The necessary virtues of fortitude and temperance. For the Lectionary 96 readings click here. Central Idea: Salvation comes by way of the Cross Christ redeemed us from sin through his…
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Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time – June 16
Central Idea: God gladly forgives the sins of the contrite of heart. Doctrine: Contrition. Practical Application: Daily examination of conscience. To view Lectionary 93, click here. 2 Sm 12:7-10, 13, PS 32:1-2, 5, 7, 11, Gal 2:16, 19-21, LK 7:36-50 St. Paul reminds us we are to avoid evil and do good. But we have…
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Tenth Sunday in Ordinary Time – June 9
Central Idea: Love your neighbor, not “humanity.” Doctrine: The New Evangelization. Practical Application: Participation in the New Evangelization Our Lord limited his time on earth: About thirty years of ordinary life, about three years of preaching and miracles, about three hours on the Cross. He also limited his presence to in and around Israel. Thus,…