Author: Kevin Aldrich
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Third Sunday of Lent
Central Idea: Doing good. Doctrine: The Second Commandment. Practical Application: Honoring God’s name. To see the readings, click here (Lectionary: 30). Central Idea: We are here not to do evil, nor to do nothing, but to do good. God promised to make Abraham the father of a nation and to give his descendants a good…
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Second Sunday of Lent – February 24
Central Idea: Our citizenship is in heaven. Doctrine: The duty of the laity to reform the temporal order. Practical Application: Professionalism. The readings can be found here. (Lectionary: 27) Central Idea: Our citizenship is in heaven God gave Abraham a vision. He promised to make of Abraham a nation of people as countless as the…
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First Sunday of Lent—February 17
Central Idea: Christ overcame the temptations of the devil. Doctrine: Reparation. Practical Application: Small mortifications. For today’s readings click here. (Lectionary: 24) Central Idea: Christ overcame the temptations of the devil Dt 26:4-10 The first reading is part of the instruction Moses gave to the Chosen People before they were to enter the Promised Land. It specifies…
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Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Central Idea: God chooses his messengers, including us. Doctrine: Fear of the Lord. Practical Application: Living as a child of God. To view today’s readings, click here. (Lectionary: 75) Central Idea: God chooses his messengers, including us Reading 1 Is 6:1-2a, 3-8 In the year King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord seated on a high and…
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Holiness and Justice: What’s the difference?
I was confused for a long time by statements I read about the condition of Adam and Eve before the fall and our condition afterwards. Our first parents were in a state of holiness and justice before the Original Sin and they lost these. Consequently we are born without them. But what do these terms…
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Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Central Idea: The world rejects but cannot overcome those who belong to God. Doctrine: The virtue of hope. Practical Application: Acts of hope. To view today’s readings, click here (Lectionary 72). Central Idea: The world rejects but cannot overcome those who belong to God. Reading 1 Jer 1:4-5, 17-19 The word of the LORD came to me,…
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The Third Sunday in Ordinary Time
Central Idea: We are living in the year acceptable to the Lord. Doctrine: The meaning of “gospel.” Practical Application: Daily evangelization. Lectionary: 69. To view the Lectionary readings, click here. Central Idea: We are living in the year acceptable to the Lord. Reading 1 Neh 8:2-4A, 5-6, 8-10 Ezra the priest brought the law before…
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Second Sunday in Ordinary Time
Central Idea: God wants to give us every good thing, securely, forever. Doctrine: The Senses of Sacred Scripture. Practical Application: Daily reading of the Bible. Lectionary 66. Central Idea: God wants to give us every good thing, securely, forever Reading 1 Is 62:1-5 For Zion’s sake I will not be silent, for Jerusalem’s sake I will not be quiet, until…
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Three parallels in the Passover and the Eucharist
The Last Supper took place during a Passover meal. Recall that the original Passover meal centered on an unblemished lamb whose blood was shed to save Israel from death during the Passover of the Angel that night. Each year, on God’s instructions, the Jews observed a Passover meal in memory of the original Passover events.…
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The Baptism of the Lord
Central Idea: At his baptism, Christ was anointed by the Holy Spirit to carry out the Father’s plan of salvation. Doctrine: Christ’s kenosis or self-emptying. Practical Application: Our daily struggle assisted by the Sacraments. Lectionary 21. Central Idea: At his baptism, Christ was anointed by the Holy Spirit to carry out the Father’s plan of…
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Guest Homily for the Solemnity of Mary, the Mother of God – January 1
This is a wonderful homily by Reverend Monsignor Carl A. Kemme, Moderator of the Curia and Vicar General for the Diocese of Springfield in Illinois, preached at Blessed Sacrament Parish for the Solemnity of Mary, the Mother of God. I especially want to point out the practical advice he offers to the laity on how…
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Solemnity of Mary, the Mother of God – January 1
The Octave Day of Christmas: Solemnity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Mother of God (Lectionary 18) Central Idea: Let us honor the maiden from Nazareth because she is the Mother of the Eternal God. Doctrine: Mary, the Mother of God. Practical Application: Honoring Our Lady. Click here to see the readings. Central Idea: Let…