Author: Kevin Aldrich
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Humble prayer: Twenty Second Sunday in Ordinary Time—Year C
The wise are humble. Humility is the foundation of prayer. The prayer of the beggar.
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Ascesis or moral discipline: Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time
God will help us overcome our evildoing through his fatherly discipline. A child of God is to become a strong doer of good through moral discipline. An important moral discipline is ascesis or mastery of the soul over the body.
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The fourth commandment – Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time
People often reject those who serve God. The family and an examination of conscience for family life.
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The virtue of faith in ordinary life – Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
God will do what he has promised. The theological virtue of faith. Recognizing God in the ordinary
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Wealth and economic activity – The Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Our true wealth is God, not a life of greed. Good uses of wealth. Examining our economic activity.
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Wrestling with God in prayer – Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Wrestling with God in prayer. Prayer and filial trust. Transformation in Christ.
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Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time: Active-contemplative lives
Christ wants to dwell in us to transform us into perfect images of himself through our living active-contemplative lives.
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Love and Law: The Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Living the Precepts of the Church well.
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Prayer of Petition: The Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Prayers of petition: God will give us what we ask for. How to ask.
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Vocation – The Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Put God first and then live and discern your vocation.
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The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ
Christ is the eternal high priest who offers us what he offered to the Father, himself. The Eucharist and Eucharistic adoration
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Trinity Sunday
Next Sunday is the Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity, commemorating the central truth not just of our Catholic faith but of all reality. The Lectionary readings 166 are here. For a Doctrinal Homily Outline with the following themes, click here: Central idea: The Most Holy Trinity. Doctrine: The mystery of the Trinity. Practical application: Living…