31 Oct
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Romans 11:1-2.11-12.25-29
Let me put a question: is it possible that God has rejected his people? Of course not. I, an Israelite, descended from Abraham through the tribe of Benjamin, could never agree that God had rejected his people, the people he chose specially long ago.
Let me put another question then: have the Jews fallen [...]
30 Oct
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Romans 9:1-5
What I want to say now is no pretence; I say it in union with Christ – it is the truth – my conscience in union with the Holy Spirit assures me of it too. What I want to say is this: my sorrow is so great, my mental anguish so endless, I [...]
29 Oct
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Romans 8:31-39
With God on our side who can be against us? Since God did not spare his own Son but gave him up to benefit us all, we may be certain, after such a gift, that he will not refuse anything he can give. Could anyone accuse those that God has chosen? When God [...]
28 Oct – Feast of Ss 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
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Romans 8:18-25
I think that what we suffer in this life can never be compared to the glory, as yet unrevleaed, which is waiting for us. The whole creation is eagerly waiting for God to reveal his sons. it was not for any fault on part of creation that it was made unable to attain [...]
26 Oct
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Romans 8:12-17
My brothers, there is no necessity for us to obey our unspiritual selves or to live unspiritual lives. If you do not live in that way, you are doomed to die; but if by the Spirit you put an end to the misdeeds of the body you will live.
Everyone moved by the Spirit [...]
25 Oct – Thirtieth Week of Ordinary Time
The Lord Who Works Marvels
We worship Christ who opens our eyes to see the marvels that he has done for us as our high priest and mediator with the Father.
- The Sunday Missal
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Jeremiah 31:7-9
The Lord says this:
Shout with joy for Jacob!
Hail the chief of nations!
Proclaim! Praise! Shout!
‘The Lord [...]
24 Oct – Memorial for St Anthony 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 Sons of the Immaculate Heart of [...]
23 Oct – Memorial for St John of Capestrano, 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 King Landislas of Naples. When [...]
22 Oct
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Romans 6:19-23
If I may use human terms to help your natural weakness: as once you put your bodies at the service of vice and immorality, so now you must put them at the service of righteousness for your sancitification.
When you were slaves of sin, you felt no obligation to righteousness, and now what did [...]
