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		<title>Heirs of Christ</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time
Lk 14:1, 7-14
The first reading for this weekend’s liturgy is from the Book of Sirach. This book is from that class of biblical writings called the Wisdom Literature, in general, a class of writings representing an effort to combine traditional Jewish belief with the highest of human wisdom.
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		<title>Eternal life awaits those who love the Lord</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Aug 2010 15:02:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Lk 1:39-56
The Book of Revelation is the source of the first reading on this feast of the Assumption of Mary.
Catholics remember Revelation by its more historic name, at least in Catholic biblical translations, of Apocalypse. Protestant editions long ago began to entitle this book Revelation, and this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>We are in the hands of God</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 17:06:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[18th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Lk 12:13-21
The first reading this weekend is from the Book of Ecclesiastes. The first verse states that the book is the work of Qoheleth, a son of King David, although no proper name is used. The book’s origins, despite this tradition, are puzzling.
The name of this book comes from the Greek, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nothing is impossible for God </title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jul 2010 17:06:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[16th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Lk 10:38-42
The Book of Genesis, unfortunately, bears the burden of being remembered, and usually discussed, only in terms of its Creation Narratives. While the creation of all things and beings in existence by Almighty God is a major revelation, Genesis has much more to say than just about how long it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>We find God in Jesus </title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jun 2010 18:35:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[14th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Lk 10:1-2, 17-20
This Sunday, July 4, 1776, is the greatest of American holidays, recalling the day in Philadelphia when the founders declared the independence from Britain of what was to be the United States of America. It is more than a memorial about the structure of government. It celebrates personal freedom, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Our eternal Father forgives and provides</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jun 2010 17:30:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[12th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Lk 9:18-24
This is Father’s Day in the United States, first envisioned by a woman attending services at an Episcopalian church in 1909 in Spokane, Wash., on Mother’s Day. She thought similar recognition was due for fathers, so eventually this day came to be.
Rare would be the parish liturgy that failed to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Christ lives in us</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jun 2010 14:56:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[11th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Lk 7:36-8:3
The first reading for this weekend’s liturgy is from the Second Book of Samuel. Scholars refer to First and Second Samuel as historical books. Historical books in the Bible do not exactly fit the description of history books today, not because they are untrustworthy or make-believe, but because the point [...]]]></description>
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		<title>God nourishes us through the Eucharist</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jun 2010 18:05:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Feast of the Body and Blood of Christ
Lk 9:11-17
This weekend might well be called the feast of the Holy Eucharist. Since the Holy Eucharist is so central to Catholicism and to the Catholic sense of authentic life in and with God, the feast of the Body and Blood of Christ, or Corpus Christi, as it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Trinity explains us and how we live</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 May 2010 19:26:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Feast of the Most Holy Trinity
Jn 16:12-15
The Book of Proverbs developed in a fascinating process with which people in 2010, especially parents, easily can relate.
It is part of a collection of Scriptures called the Wisdom Literature. It came about as Jews, who had fled or left the Holy Land for other places because of bad [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Apostlic Church speaks of hope</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 May 2010 19:09:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Feast of Pentecost
Jn 20:19-23
In the Church’s liturgical year, only Easter and Christmas eclipse Pentecost. The importance, and grandeur, of these feasts of course derive from the events being commemorated, but the Church also records the lessons taught by the feasts, and through the readings for these feasts, as highly important for the spiritual lives, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jesus lives still in the Church</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 May 2010 18:48:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord
Lk 24:46-53
The date for celebrating the feast of the Ascension of the Lord is optional in this country. The decision is made by bishops of each province, for their province.
These reflections are upon readings when the feast is celebrated on what otherwise would be the seventh Sunday of Easter.
The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Church calls us to strong faith</title>
		<link>http://www.todayscatholicnews.org/2010/05/the-church-calls-us-to-strong-faith/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 May 2010 15:10:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[6th Sunday in Easter
Jn 14:23-29
The Acts of the Apostles again provides the first reading for a weekend in the Easter season.
As it grew, Christianity not only expanded beyond its original base in the Holy Land, but it also drew gentiles as well as Jews. Diversity was a characteristic early therefore in the evolution of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In the Resurrection Jesus triumphed</title>
		<link>http://www.todayscatholicnews.org/2010/04/in-the-resurrection-jesus-triumphed/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Apr 2010 18:25:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[5th Sunday of Easter
Jn 13:31-33a, 34-35
As throughout this Easter season, the Acts of the Apostles supplies the first reading for this weekend’s liturgy.
This reading tells the story of some of the missionary activities of Paul and Barnabas. Although eventually they parted, Paul and Barnabas, Paul’s disciple, visited several places in Asia Minor that were prominent [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Salvation accomplished by Christ</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Apr 2010 15:23:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[3rd Sunday of Easter
Jn 21:1-19
As throughout the Easter season, the Church this weekend begins the Liturgy of the Word with a reading from the Acts of the Apostles.
Actually, it is a continuation of St. Luke’s Gospel. This Gospel is alone among the four in providing a certain sequel to the actual events that involved Jesus. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Lord heals and redeems us</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Apr 2010 18:30:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[2nd Sunday of Easter
Jn 20:19-31
The Acts of the Apostles supplies this weekend’s first reading. The first several chapters of Acts are fascinating since they so well depict the life of the early Christian community in Jerusalem. This depiction begins with the story of the Lord’s Ascension itself and proceeds forward.
Vitally important in the life of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Meet the Risen Christ</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Mar 2010 19:39:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Easter
Jn 20:1-9
The Church celebrates the Easter Vigil late in the evening on Holy Saturday. The liturgy for the Vigil has its own set of readings. These readings are those read during Masses on Easter itself.
The Acts of the Apostles provides the first lesson. Acts is in effect a continuation of St. Luke’s Gospel. Scholars say [...]]]></description>
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		<title>God loves us with perfect love</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Mar 2010 16:06:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Palm Sunday
Lk 22:14-23:56
We are beginning Holy Week with the Palm Sunday liturgies, coming to the fulfillment of the Lenten season and drawing us face to face to the ultimate reality of salvation, that Jesus, the Son of God, died to reconcile us with the Father and then forever opened for us the gates to heaven by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jesus is the source of life and peace</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:42:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[5th Sunday of Lent
Jn 8:1-11
The first reading for this weekend in Lent is from the second part of Isaiah. When it was written, God’s people were facing many trials and tribulations.
It was a bittersweet moment. After several generations of living in exile in Babylon, the people were free to return to their homeland, thanks to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rejoice! God waits for us</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:14:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Monsignor Owen F. Campion]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[4th Sunday in Lent
Lk 15:1-3, 11-32
This weekend the Church observes Laetare Sunday, the name being derived from the first word, in Latin, of the Entrance Antiphon. The word is “laetare,” or “rejoice.” The Church rejoices that salvation, finalized in the sacrifice and resurrection of Jesus, is near.
To underscore this theme, priests may wear rose vestments. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Repent in Lent</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 16:35:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[3rd Sunday of Lent
Lk 13:1-9
The Book of Exodus, the source of the first reading, is important because in general it provides an account of the Hebrews’ flight from Egypt, with all the misery that they endured there, to the land promised them by God.
In particular, this reading is important inasmuch as it tells of the [...]]]></description>
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