Daily Mass: An exhortation from Isaiah
Catholic Inspiration
The prophet Isaiah exhorts the people of Israel to wash themselves clean - seeking God's goodness and avoiding evil. It's a message that is just as relevant today.
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Daily Mass: The measure of mercy
Catholic Inspiration
Jesus teaches how the measure of mercy applies to our hearts: "For the measure you measure will be measured out to you."
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Monday Conversation: Fasting and Abstinence
Catholic Inspiration
Fasting and Abstinence are ancient disciplines that can dramatically enhance our spiritual life. Fr. Andrew offers some practical tips to bring these tools into our own unique circumstances today.
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2nd Sunday of Lent: The hope of the Transfiguration
Catholic Inspiration
The Transfiguration of Christ offers a glimpse of God's glory on the way to the Cross. This moment - seeing Jesus as he reigns in Heaven - offers us hope as we carry our crosses, confident in the Lord's victory.
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Daily Mass: Love your enemies
Catholic Inspiration
We find in this selection from the Sermon on the Mount one of the hardest teachings of Jesus: to love our enemies. Yet when we do this we cleanse our hearts of hate and fill them with God's grace, so that we will be prepared to follow Christ in this life and be with Him in the next.
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Daily Mass: Go first and be reconciled
Catholic Inspiration
Jesus urges his disciples to make reconciliation a priority in their lives, reminding us that forgiveness is a daily discipline as we follow the Lord.
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Walking with Mary on the Way of the Cross: Jesus falls 3x
Catholic Inspiration
The three falls of Jesus on the Way of the Cross express our awareness of the humanity of Jesus through his Incarnation; he becomes like us - taking on our human weakness - to redeem our weakness and restore us to grace.
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Daily Mass: Asking for what we need
Catholic Inspiration
The Lord teaches us to ask, seek and knock as we trust in God who knows the good things that we need.
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Daily Mass: The ongoing call to repentance
Catholic Inspiration
Jesus affirms the preaching of Jonah to repent. This is the constant message throughout salvation history: to acknowledge our sins and return to the Lord for mercy and forgiveness.
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Daily Mass: The Lord's Prayer and the power of forgiveness
Catholic Inspiration
Matthew's Gospel offers the Lord's Prayer - a powerful spiritual tool that speaks practically about the crucial role of forgiveness in our daily lives.
info_outlineHow do we make decisions? What aspects of our Christian faith can help and guide us to choose wisely? Here are three points to keep in mind:
- Inward - the wisdom that already exists in our hearts/minds
- Outward - the people in my life who offer wise counsel and support
- Upward - the way we engage our faith to call down wisdom from Heaven
Choices confront us all the time. When we look in, out, and up we make the best decisions possible - drawing on all the resources that God provides.
July 27, 2014 - Cathedral of Christ the King - Superior, WI
Fr. Andrew Ricci
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