OXYGEN

30 June – Monday in the Thirteenth Week in Ordinary Time
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Amos 2:6-10. 13-16
The Lord says this:
For the three crimes, the four crimes, of Israel
I have made my decree and will not relent:
because they have sold the virtuous man for silver
and the poor man for a pair of sandals,
because they trample on the heads of ordinary people
and push [...]

29 June - Soleminty of Peter and Paul, Apostles
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Acts 12:1-11
It was about this time that King Herod started persecuting certain members of the Church. He beheaded James the brother of John, and when he saw that this pleased the Jews he decided to arrest Peter as well. This was during the days of Unleavened Bread, and [...]

28 June - Memorial of St Ireneaus, bishop and martyr
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Acts 3:1-10
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Galatians 1:11-20
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John 21:15-19
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Feed my sheep.
When we attend Mass at our parish every weekend, we noticed that it is usually not the same priest who preaches the homily. There is usually a roster for most parishes (unless it is a very small parish), where parishioners will get [...]

28 June - Memorial of St Ireneaus, bishop and martyr
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Lamentations 2:2. 10-14
The Lord has pitilessly destroyed
all the homes of Jacob;
in his displeasure he has shattered
the strongholds of the daughter of Judah;
he has thrown to the ground,
he has left accursed the kingdom and its rulers.
Mutely they sit on the ground,
the elders of the daughter of Zion;
they have [...]

27 June – Friday in the Twelfth Week of Ordinary Time
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2 Kings 25:1-12
In the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, on the tenth day of the month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came with his whole army to attack Jerusalem; he pitched camp in front of the city and threw up earthworks round [...]

26 June – Thursday in the Twelfth Week of Ordinary Time
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2 Kings 24:8-17
Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he came to the throne, and he reigned for three months in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Nehushta, daughter of Elnathan, from Jerusalem. He did what is displeasing to the Lord, just as his father had done.
At that [...]

25 June – Wednesday in the Twelfth Week of Ordinary Time
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2 Kings 22:8-13. 23:1-3
The high priest Hilkiah said to Shaphan the secretary, ‘I have found the Book of the Law in the Temple of the Lord.’’’ And Hilkiah gave the book to Shaphan, who read it. Shaphan the secretary went to the king and reported [...]

24 June – Solemnity of St John the Baptist  (Mass during the Day)
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Isaiah 49:1-6
Islands, listen to me,
pay attention, remotest peoples.
The Lord called me before I was born,
from my mother’s womb he pronounced my name.
He made my mouth a sharp sword,
and hid me in the shadow of his hand.
He made me into a sharpened arrow,
and concealed [...]

23 June – Solemnity of St John the Baptist (Vigil)
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Jeremiah 1:4-10

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1 Peter 8-12
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Luke 1:5-17

 
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Before I formed you in the womb I knew you.
Have you ever wondered what you’re doing on Earth? Have you ever wondered where your life is heading? You could have just reached your mid-twenties, or are in your forties, or even in [...]

22 June – Monday in the Twelfth Week in Ordinary Time
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2 Kings 17:5-8. 13-15a. 18

The king of Assyria invaded the whole country and, coming to Samaria, laid siege to it for three years. In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria captured Samaria and deported the Israelites to Assyria. He settled them in Halah on [...]