OXYGEN

31 Oct – Friday in the Thirtieth Week in Ordinary Time
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Philippians 1:1-11
From Paul and Timothy, servants of Christ Jesus, to all the saints in Christ Jesus, together with their presiding elders and deacons. We wish you the grace and peace of God our Father and of the Lord Jesus Christ. I thank my God whenever I think [...]

30 Oct – Thursday in the Thirtieth Week in Ordinary Time
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Ephesians 6:10-20
Finally, grow strong in the Lord, with the strength of his power. Put God’s armour on so as to be able to resist the devil’s tactics. For it is not against human enemies that we have to struggle, but against the Sovereignties and the Powers who [...]

29 Oct – Wednesday in the Thirtieth Week in Ordinary Time
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Ephesians 6:1-9
Children, be obedient to your parents in the Lord – that is your duty. The commandment that has a promise attached to it is: Honour your father and mother, and the promise is: and you will prosper and have a long life in the land. And [...]

28 Oct – Tuesday in the Thirtieth Week in Ordinary Time
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Ephesians 5:21-33
Be subject to one another out of reverence for Christ.  Wives should be subject to their husbands as to the Lord,  since, as Christ is head of the Church and saves the whole body, so is a husband the head of his wife;  and as [...]

28 Oct – Feast of Saints Simon and Jude, apostles
Simon was an apostle called the Cananean or Zealot because of his zeal for the Jewish law. He was not from Cana, nor a member of the Zealot party. Like all the Apostles, he was a convert, and was trained by St. Peter the Apostle. He [...]

27 Oct – Monday in the Thirtieth Week in Ordinary Time
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Ephesians 4:32 – 5:8
Be friends with one another, and kind, forgiving each other as readily as God forgave you in Christ. Try, then, to imitate God as children of his that he loves and follow Christ loving as he loved you, giving himself up in our [...]

26 Oct – Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time
The Commandment Of Love
Today, through the strength that Christ gives us, we can celebrate with the joy of the Holy Spirit that great commandment of love which once had to be imposed on men under threat of God’s avenging anger.
- the Sunday Missal
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Exodus 22:20-26
The Lord said to Moses, [...]

25 Oct - Saturday in the Twenty-Ninth Week in Ordinary Time
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Ephesians 4:7-16
Each one of us has been given his own share of grace, given as Christ allotted it. It was said that he would: When he ascended to the height, he captured prisoners, he gave gifts to men.
When it says, ‘he ascended’, what can it mean if not [...]

24 Oct - Friday in the Twenty-Ninth Week in Ordinary Time; Anthony Mary Claret, Bishop

Anthony Mary Claret (1807–1870) was a weaver and a seminary student with Blessed Francis Coll. He was ordained on 13 June 1835, and became a missionary in Catalonia and the Canary Islands. He directed retreats and founded the Congregation of Missionary [...]

23 Oct - Thursday in the Twenty-Ninth Week in Ordinary Time; John of Capistrano, priest

John (1386–1456) was the son of a former German knight. His father died when John was still young. He studied law at the University of Perugia, and became a lawyer in Naples, Italy. He was the reforming governor of Perugia under [...]