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09 Jan – Saturday after Epiphany
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1 John 5:14-21
We are quite confident that if we ask the Son of God for anything,
and it is in accordance with his will,
he will hear us;
and, knowing that whatever we may ask, he hears us,
we know that we have already been granted what we asked of him.
If anybody sees his [...]

16 Jun
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2 Corinthians 8:1-9
Here, brothers, is the new of the grace of God which was given in the churches of Macedonia; and of how, throughout great trials by suffering, their constant cheerfulness and their intense poverty have overflowed in a wealth of generosity. I can swear that they gave not only as much as they [...]

17 Feb – Memorial for the Seven Holy Founders of the Order of Servites
The Order of the Servants of Mary (Servites) was named the fifth mendicant order by Pope Martin V. It was founded in 1233 by Sts. Alexis Falconieri, Bartholomew degli Amidei, Benedict dell’Antella, Buonfiglio Monaldi, Gherardino Sostegni, Hugh dei Lippi-Uguccioni, and John Buonagiunta [...]

First, on behalf of all the OXYGEN contributors, here’s wishing you a very happy and fruitful 2009! Second, I have an announcement to make – a new feature for a new year:
We recently had our first Christmas gathering of old and new contributors and at the meeting, it was suggested that there should be an [...]

06 Sep - Saturday in the Twenty-Second Week in Ordinary Time
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1 Cor 4:6b-15
Now in everything I have said here, brothers, I have taken Apollos and myself as an example (remember the maxim: ‘Keep to what is written’); it is not for you, so full of your own importance, to go taking sides for one man against another. In [...]

04 Sep - Thursday in the Twenty-Second Week in Ordinary Time
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1 Cor 3:18-23
Make no mistake about it: if any one of you thinks of himself as wise, in the ordinary sense of the word, then he must learn to be a fool before he really can be wise. Why? Because the wisdom of this world is foolishness to [...]

August 22, Queenship of Mary

On Oct 11, 1954, Pope Pius XII promulgated his encyclical “Ad caeli reginam” in which he pronounced this new feast of the Queenship of Mary. It was celebrated on May 31 before Pope Paul VI moved it to Aug 22, a week after the Solemnity of the Assumption of Mary into [...]

08 Aug, Fri - Friday in the Eighteenth Week in Ordinary Time; St Dominic, priest & religious founder
St Dominic (1170-1221) became discouraged at the progress of his mission; no matter how much he worked, heresies remained. But he received a vision from Our Lady who showed him a wreath of roses, representing the rosary. She told him [...]

08 July - Tuesday in the Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
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Hosea 8:4-7, 11-13
They have set up kings, but not with my consent,
and appointed princes, but without my knowledge.
Out of their own silver and gold they have made idols,
which are doomed to destruction.
I spurn your calf, Samaria,
my anger blazes against it.
(How long will it be before they purge [...]

17 May – Sixth Week of Ordinary Time: Saturday
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James 3:1-10
Only a few of you, my brothers, should be teachers, bearing in mind that those of us who teach can expect a stricter judgement.
After all, every one of us does something wrong, over and over again; the only man who could reach perfection would [...]