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Original branches = Jews (natural descendants of Abraham). Wild branches = Gentiles (non-Jews) grafted into the blessings of God through faith in Jesus. - Romans 11 (Bible Gateway passage: Romans 11 - New International Version) Was it important for us to identify if Jesus spoke to the original...

Memorial of Saint Athanasius, Bishop and Doctor of the Church Lectionary: 280 Reading 1 Acts 11:19-26 Those who had been scattered by the persecution that arose because of Stephen went as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus, and Antioch, preaching the word to no one but Jews. There were some Cypriots and...

Optional Memorial of Saint Joseph the Worker Lectionary: 559 The Gospel for this memorial is proper. Reading 1 Gn 1:26B-2:3 God said: "Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. Let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, the birds of the air, and the cattle, and over all the wild...

Saturday of the Second Week of Easter Lectionary: 272 Reading I Acts 6:1-7 As the number of disciples continued to grow, the Hellenists complained against the Hebrews because their widows were being neglected in the daily distribution. So the Twelve called together the community of the disciples...

Friday in the Octave of Easter Lectionary: 265 Reading 1 Acts 4:1-12 After the crippled man had been cured, while Peter and John were still speaking to the people, the priests, the captain of the temple guard, and the Sadducees confronted them, disturbed that they were teaching the people and...

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Wednesday in the Octave of Easter Lectionary: 263 Reading 1 Acts 3:1-10 Peter and John were going up to the temple area for the three o’clock hour of prayer. And a man crippled from birth was carried and placed at the gate of the temple called “the Beautiful Gate” every day to beg for alms from...

Tuesday of the Fourth Week of Lent Lectionary: 245 Reading 1 Ez 47:1-9, 12 The angel brought me, Ezekiel, back to the entrance of the temple of the LORD, and I saw water flowing out from beneath the threshold of the temple toward the east, for the façade of the temple was toward the east; the...

Tuesday of the Third Week of Lent Lectionary: 238 Reading 1 Dn 3:25, 34-43 Azariah stood up in the fire and prayed aloud: "For your name's sake, O Lord, do not deliver us up forever, or make void your covenant. Do not take away your mercy from us, for the sake of Abraham, your beloved, Isaac...

Monday of the Third Week of Lent Lectionary: 237 Reading 1 2 Kgs 5:1-15ab Naaman, the army commander of the king of Aram, was highly esteemed and respected by his master, for through him the LORD had brought victory to Aram. But valiant as he was, the man was a leper. Now the Arameans had...

Friday of the Second Week of Lent Lectionary: 234 Reading 1 Gn 37:3-4, 12-13a, 17b-28a Israel loved Joseph best of all his sons, for he was the child of his old age; and he had made him a long tunic. When his brothers saw that their father loved him best of all his sons, they hated him so much...

Thursday of the Second Week of Lent Lectionary: 233 Reading 1 Jer 17:5-10 Thus says the LORD: Cursed is the man who trusts in human beings, who seeks his strength in flesh, whose heart turns away from the LORD. He is like a barren bush in the desert that enjoys no change of season, But stands in...

Tuesday of the Second Week of Lent Lectionary: 231 Reading 1 Is 1:10, 16-20 Hear the word of the LORD, princes of Sodom! Listen to the instruction of our God, people of Gomorrah! Wash yourselves clean! Put away your misdeeds from before my eyes; cease doing evil; learn to do good. Make justice...

Tuesday of the Second Week of Lent Lectionary: 231 Reading 1 Is 1:10, 16-20 Hear the word of the LORD, princes of Sodom! Listen to the instruction of our God, people of Gomorrah! Wash yourselves clean! Put away your misdeeds from before my eyes; cease doing evil; learn to do good. Make justice...

Monday of the Second Week in Lent Lectionary: 230 Reading 1 Dn 9:4b-10 "Lord, great and awesome God, you who keep your merciful covenant toward those who love you and observe your commandments! We have sinned, been wicked and done evil; we have rebelled and departed from your commandments and...

Second Sunday of Lent Lectionary: 25 Reading 1 Gn 12:1-4a The LORD said to Abram: "Go forth from the land of your kinsfolk and from your father's house to a land that I will show you. "I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, so that you will be a...

Saturday of the First Week of Lent Lectionary: 229 Reading 1 Dt 26:16-19 Moses spoke to the people, saying: "This day the LORD, your God, commands you to observe these statutes and decrees. Be careful, then, to observe them with all your heart and with all your soul. Today you are making this...

Monday of the First Week of Lent Lectionary: 224 Reading 1 Lv 19:1-2, 11-18 The LORD said to Moses, "Speak to the whole assembly of the children of Israel and tell them: Be holy, for I, the LORD, your God, am holy. "You shall not s†éál. You shall not lie or speak falsely to one another. You...

What has God accomplished through His Church this year? Sometimes, we need to be reminded that we are not alone, and that we still have a part to play in God’s plans. God is always doing unprecedented things, even during “unprecedented times.” Behold, I am doing a new thing; now it springs...