Catholic Church
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Third Sunday Ordinary Time, Year A
The Third Sunday in Ordinary Time begins our journey through the Gospel of Matthew for Year A. The reading is from Matthew 4:12-23: “Now when he heard that John had been arrested, he withdrew into Galilee; and leaving Nazareth he went and dwelt in Capernaum by the sea, in the territory of Zebulun and Naphtali,
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Baptism of the Lord (Year A)
INTRODUCTION The Church celebrates the Baptism of the Lord on the final Sunday of the Christmas season. The Baptism of the Lord marks the beginning of our journey. We will explore the public ministry and the life of Jesus over the next 334 weeks in Year A. We move with the Church through the Gospel
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4th Sunday of Advent (Year A)
This post continues a journey of reading, contemplating, and discerning God’s word. I am often lector. This forces me to understand better and reflect more deeply on the weekly readings.. I will continue this journey by writing my thoughts on the Gospel reading for today. As we saw in the last two Sundays, the Church
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May Catholics Support the Death Penalty?
The Catechism of the Catholic Church (CCC), paragraph 2267, states: “Recourse to the death penalty on the part of legitimate authority, following a fair trial, was long considered an appropriate response to the gravity of certain crimes and an acceptable, albeit extreme, means of safeguarding the common good. Today, however, there is an increasing awareness