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 399 total views Gospel Reading for December 19, 2024 – Luke 1: 5-25 OMNIPOTENT In the days of Herod, King of Judea, there was a priest named Zechariah of the priestly division of Abijah; his wife was from the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth. Both were righteous in the eyes of God, observing

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 491 total views Gospel Reading for December 18, 2024 – Matthew 1: 18-25 SO VERY BLESSED and VERY GRATEFUL This is how the birth of Jesus Christ came about. When his mother Mary was betrothed to Joseph, but before they lived together, she was found with child through the Holy Spirit. Joseph her husband, since he

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 619 total views Gospel Reading for December 17, 2024 – Matthew 1: 1-17 ALL THE TIME The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham. Abraham became the father of Isaac, Isaac the father of Jacob, Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers. Judah became the father of

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 829 total views Gospel Reading for December 16, 2024 – Matthew 21: 23-27 IN WORD AND IN DEED When Jesus had come into the temple area, the chief priests and the elders of the people approached him as he was teaching and said, “By what authority are you doing these things? And who gave you this

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 898 total views Gospel Reading for December 15, 2024 – Luke 3: 10-18 CONVICTION The crowds asked John the Baptist, “What should we do?” He said to them in reply, “Whoever has two cloaks should share with the person who has none. And whoever ha food should do likewise.” Even tax collectors came to be baptized

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 1,417 total views Gospel Reading for December 14, 2024 – Matthew 17: 9a, 10-13 EXEMPT As they were coming down from the mountain, the disciples asked Jesus, “Why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?” He said in reply, “Elijah will indeed come and restore all things; but I tell you that Elijah has

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 1,090 total views Gospel Reading for December 13, 2024 – Matthew 11: 16-19 CONFUSED Jesus said to the crowds: “To what shall I compare this generation? It is like children who sit in marketplaces and call to one another, ‘We played the flute for you, but you did not dance, we sang a dirge but you

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 282 total views Gospel Reading for December 02, 2024 – Matthew 8: 5-11 GUIDING POST When Jesus entered Capernaum, a centurion approached him and appealed to him, saying, “Lord, my servant is lying at home paralyzed, suffering dreadfully.” He said to him, “I will come and cure him.” The centurion said in reply, “Lord, I am

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 1,378 total views Gospel Reading for December 12, 2024 – Luke 1: 26-38 CONFIRMATION The angel Gabriel was sent from God to a town of Galilee called Nazareth, to a virgin betrothed to a man named Joseph, of the house of David, and the virgin’s name was Mary. And cominge to her, he said, “Hail, full

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 1,594 total views Gospel Reading for December 11, 2024 – Matthew 11: 28-30 DAMAGE CONTROL Jesus said to the crowds: “Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am meek and humble of heart; and you will

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 1,388 total views Gospel Reading for December 10, 2024 – Matthew 18: 12-14 GREAT IMPORTANCE Jesus said to his disciples: “What is your opinion? If a man has a hundred sheep and one of them goes astray, will he not leave the ninety-nine in the hills and go in search of the stray? And if he

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 1,397 total views Gospel Reading for December 9, 2024 – Luke 1: 26-38 FRUITION Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary The angel Gabriel was sent from God to a town of Galilee called Nazareth, to a virgin betrothed to a man named Joseph, of the house of David, and the virgin’s name

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 1,892 total views Gospel Reading for December 8, 2024 – Luke 3: 1-6 ONE AND ONLY In the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, when Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, and Herod was tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of the region of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias was tetrarch of

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 1,520 total views Gospel Reading for December 7, 2024 – Matthew 9:35- 10: 1, 5a, 6-8 NEEDED SO MUCH MORE Jesus went around to all the towns and villages, teaching in their synagogues, proclaiming the Gospel of the Kingdom, and curing every disease and illness. At the sight of the crowds, his heart was moved with

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 1,668 total views Gospel Reading for December 6, 2024 – Matthew 9: 27-31 TRULY BELIEVE As Jesus passed by, two blind men followed him, crying out, “Son of David, have pity on us!” When he entered the house, the blind men approached him and Jesus said to them, “Do you believe that I can do this?”