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  • Four Depictions of Discipleship – A Homily for the 23rd Sunday of the Year

    09/04/2016 7:25:20 AM PDT · by Salvation · 3 replies
    Archdiocese of Washington ^ | 09-03-16 | Msgr. Charles Pope
    Four Depictions of Discipleship – A Homily for the 23rd Sunday of the Year Msgr. Charles Pope • September 3, 2016 • In today’s Gospel Jesus defines four Demands of discipleship. We can look at them one by one. I. The CONTEXT of the discipleship. The text says that large crowds were following Jesus and so he turned to address them. Just about any time you find a mention of a large crowd fasten your seat belts and prepare for a hard teaching. Jesus didn’t trust the big crowds who were often out for the goodies. They were looking...
  • Catholic Caucus: Sunday Mass Readings, 09-06-15, Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time

    09/05/2015 8:51:26 PM PDT · by Salvation · 44 replies
    USCCB.org/RNAB ^ | 09-06-15 | Revised New American Bible
    September 6, 2015   Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time Reading 1 Is 35:4-7a Thus says the LORD:Say to those whose hearts are frightened:Be strong, fear not!Here is your God,he comes with vindication;with divine recompensehe comes to save you.Then will the eyes of the blind be opened,the ears of the deaf be cleared;then will the lame leap like a stag,then the tongue of the mute will sing.Streams will burst forth in the desert,and rivers in the steppe.The burning sands will become pools, and the thirsty ground, springs of water. Responsorial Psalm Ps 146:7, 8-9, 9-10 R. (1b) Praise the Lord,...