Category: Ordinary Time
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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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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…