Posts Tagged ‘Wisdom’

Protect our Coast from Oil Spills

Mar 1, 2013

PROTECT OUR COAST FROM OIL SPILLS In mid-February 50,000 people from all over the country gathered in Washington DC to challenge our government to halt the building of the Tar Sands Pipeline. This monumental structure is conceived to stretch the length of the country and through part of Canada, harming the environment in many ways, ... Read more

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Stand with Starving Children Around the World

Mar 1, 2013

ACTION ALERTS STAND WITH STARVING CHILDREN AROUND OUR WORLD Catholic Relief Services reaches into the lives of children in Mali and Sudan, Central American countries and beyond, being the hands of Christ, and extending our reach to make a difference. Thanks to U.S. poverty-focused international assistance children in war-torn Mali, for example, will eat staple ... Read more

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Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time: The Spirit of the Law is Peace

Feb 10, 2011

Lectionary Readings: Sirach 15: 15-20. We are responsible for our actions. At the same time God is all-seeing and remains in control of the universe. 1 Corinthians 2: 6-10. God’s wisdom is mysterious, planned before all ages, for those who love him. Matthew 5: 17-37. Fulfillment of the law and the prophets reaches beyond the ... Read more

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Thirty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time: Re-establishing our Connection

Oct 27, 2010

Lectionary Readings: Wisdom 11:23-12:2. God loves all things that are and loathes nothing that he has made. God’s imperishable spirit abides in all things. 2 Thessalonians 1:11-2:2. May God make you worthy of all his call and fulfill every honest intention and work of faith. Luke 19:1-10. Jesus dines at the home of Zacchaeus, chief ... Read more

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Twenty Third Sunday of Ordinary Time: Reevaluating Our Relationships

Sep 1, 2010

Lectionary Readings: Wisdom 9:13-18. If we can scarcely guess about earthly things, how can we ever know heavenly secrets? God sends the Holy Spirit to make known our paths on earth. Philemon 9-10, 12-17. In returning the runaway slave Onesimus to his owner Philemon, Paul asks the latter to receive the slave as a beloved brother. ... Read more

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Second Sunday After Christmas

Dec 29, 2009

Readings: Sirach 24: 1-4, 8-12. Wisdom proclaims her life with God before the creation of the world. Afterwards she wandered the world restlessly until she fixed her abode at the Jerusalem temple. Ephesians 1:3-6, 15-18. Before creation God predestined us in Christ as the object of his love and as his very own adopted children ... Read more

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28 Sunday of Ordinary Time

Oct 6, 2009

Readings: Wisdom 7:7-11. I pleaded, and the spirit of wisdom came to me and in her company all good things. Hebrew 4:12-13. God’s word is sharper than any two-edged sword. It judges the heart. Nothing is concealed. For everything we must render an account. Mark 10:17-30. One thing more you must do. Go and sell ... Read more

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XXV Sunday of Ordinary Time

Sep 15, 2009

Readings: Wis. 2:12, 17-20. The just person, characterized by gentleness and patience, is tested, persecuted and even killed by the self-confident wicked. James 3:16-4:3. Jealousy and strife beget inconstancy, conflicts and vile behavior. Wisdom is innocent, peaceable, impartial and sincere. Mark 9:30-37. Jesus’ announcement of his passion and death leaves the disciples speechless. In the ... Read more

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XIII Sunday of Ordinary Time

Jun 25, 2009

Readings: Wisdom 1:13-15; 2:23-24 2 Corinthians 8:7, 9, 13-15 Mark 5:21-43 or 5:21-24, 35b-43 Thoughts for your consideration: This week’s lectionary readings remind us of the value of life. We have heard it summarized so many times before that our God is the God of life. In the book of Wisdom and in the Gospel reading ... Read more

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