Tag Archives: Gospels

Sunday Readings and Reflections

Posted on November 22, 2020 by Catholicism Pure & Simple

Sunday, November 22 Christ the King – Solemnity Roman Ordinary calendar St. Cecilia Book of Ezekiel 34,11-12.15-17. Thus says the Lord GOD: I myself will look after and tend my sheep. As a shepherd tends his flock when he finds himself among his scattered … Continue reading →

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Sunday Readings and Reflections

Posted on November 8, 2020 by Catholicism Pure & Simple

Sunday, November 8 Thirty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time Roman Ordinary calendar Saint Elizabeth of the Trinity – Saint Elizabeth of the Trinity | Bl. John Duns Scotus – O.F.M. (c.1266-1308) Book of Wisdom 6,12-16. Resplendent and unfading is Wisdom, and she is readily … Continue reading →

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Transfiguration – The Glory of God!

Posted on August 6, 2020 by Catholicism Pure & Simple

Jesus took Peter, James, and his brother John, and led them up a high mountain apart by themselves. And he was transfigured before them, and his clothes became dazzling white, such as no fuller on earth could bleach them.  Mark 9:2-3 … Continue reading →

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Sunday readings and reflections

Posted on June 21, 2020 by Catholicism Pure & Simple

Today is the feast day of Saint Aloysius Gonzaga (1568-1591), patron saint of young students and also of plague victims. Book of Jeremiah 20: 10-13 I hear the whisperings of many: “Terror on every side! Denounce! let us denounce him!” All … Continue reading →

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Bishop Schneider: Lockdown is a trial that can bring about great ‘spiritual benefit’

Posted on May 28, 2020 by Catholicism Pure & Simple

May 22, 2020, LifeSiteNews: Bishop Athanasius Schneider said Catholics should accept the situation brought about by the pandemic as a trial, suggesting that such acceptance will produce great spiritual benefit for the Church, “a greater spiritual benefit as if we … Continue reading →

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St Luke

Posted on October 18, 2013 by The Raven

Mabuse – St Luke October 18.–ST. LUKE. My first thought, when St Luke is mentioned, is of him as a writer, leaving us the vivid pen-portraits in the gospel that bears his name and Acts. However, tradition has it that … Continue reading →

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