Best Msgr Don Fischer Podcasts (2024)

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PRI Reflections on Scripture • 9-5-24 - Thursday of the 22nd Week in Ordinary Time 6:56

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Gospel Luke 5:1-11 While the crowd was pressing in on Jesus and listening to the word of God, he was standing by the Lake of Gennesaret. He saw two boats there alongside the lake; the fishermen had disembarked and were washing their nets. Getting into one of the boats, the one belonging to Simon, he asked him to put out a short distance from the sh…

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PRI Reflections on Scripture • 9-4-24 - Wednesday of the 22nd Week in Ordinary Time 6:25

2h ago6:25

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Gospel Luke 4:38-44 After Jesus left the synagogue, he entered the house of Simon. Simon’s mother-in-law was afflicted with a severe fever, and they interceded with him about her. He stood over her, rebuked the fever, and it left her. She got up immediately and waited on them. At sunset, all who had people sick with various diseases brought them to…

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PRI Reflections on Scripture • 9-3-24 - Memorial of Saint Gregory the Great, Pope and Doctor of the Church 6:13

1h ago6:13

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Gospel Luke 4:31-37 Jesus went down to Capernaum, a town of Galilee. He taught them on the sabbath, and they were astonished at his teaching because he spoke with authority. In the synagogue there was a man with the spirit of an unclean demon, and he cried out in a loud voice, "What have you to do with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destro…

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PRI Reflections on Scripture • 9-2-24 - Monday of the 22nd Week in Ordinary Time 7:57

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Gospel Luke 4:16-30 Jesus came to Nazareth, where he had grown up, and went according to his custom into the synagogue on the sabbath day. He stood up to read and was handed a scroll of the prophet Isaiah. He unrolled the scroll and found the passage where it was written: The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to bring glad t…

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HOMILY • The 22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time 27:17

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PRI Reflections on Scripture • 8-31-24 - Saturday of the 21st Week in Ordinary Time 8:06

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Gospel Matthew 25:14-30 Jesus told his disciples this parable: "A man going on a journey called in his servants and entrusted his possessions to them. To one he gave five talents; to another, two; to a third, one– to each according to his ability. Then he went away. Immediately the one who received five talents went and traded with them, and made a…

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PRI Reflections on Scripture • 8-30-24 - Friday of the 21st Week in Ordinary Time 6:50

3h ago6:50

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Gospel Matthew 25:1-13 Jesus told his disciples this parable: "The Kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom. Five of them were foolish and five were wise. The foolish ones, when taking their lamps, brought no oil with them, but the wise brought flasks of oil with their lamps. Since the brid…

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PRI Reflections on Scripture • 8-29-24 - Memorial of the Passion of Saint John the Baptist 7:03

2h ago7:03

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Gospel Mark 6:17-29 Herod was the one who had John the Baptist arrested and bound in prison on account of Herodias, the wife of his brother Philip, whom he had married. John had said to Herod, "It is not lawful for you to have your brother's wife." Herodias harbored a grudge against him and wanted to kill him but was unable to do so. Herod feared J…

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PRI Reflections on Scripture • 8-28-24 - Memorial of Saint Augustine, Bishop and Doctor of the Church 6:05

2h ago6:05

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Gospel Matthew 23:27-32 Jesus said, “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites. You are like whitewashed tombs, which appear beautiful on the outside, but inside are full of dead men’s bones and every kind of filth. Even so, on the outside you appear righteous, but inside you are filled with hypocrisy and evildoing. “Woe to you, scribes and…

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PRI Reflections on Scripture • 8-27-24 - Memorial of Saint Monica 6:03

2h ago6:03

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Gospel Matthew 23:23-26 Jesus said: “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites. You pay tithes of mint and dill and cummin, and have neglected the weightier things of the law: judgment and mercy and fidelity. But these you should have done, without neglecting the others. Blind guides, who strain out the gnat and swallow the camel! “Woe to y…

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PRI Reflections on Scripture • 8-26-24 - Monday of the 21st Week in Ordinary Time 6:37

2h ago6:37

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Gospel Matthew 23:13-22 Jesus said to the crowds and to his disciples: “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites. You lock the Kingdom of heaven before men. You do not enter yourselves, nor do you allow entrance to those trying to enter. “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites. You traverse sea and land to make one convert, and …

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HOMILY - The 21st Sunday In Ordinary Time 28:02

5h ago28:02

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PRI Reflections on Scripture • 8-24-24 - Feast of Saint Bartholomew, Apostle 6:49

2h ago6:49

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Gospel John 1:45-51 Philip found Nathanael and told him, "We have found the one about whom Moses wrote in the law, and also the prophets, Jesus son of Joseph, from Nazareth." But Nathanael said to him, "Can anything good come from Nazareth?" Philip said to him, "Come and see." Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him and said of him, "Here is a true c…

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PRI Reflections on Scripture • 8-23-24 - Friday of the 20th Week in Ordinary Time 6:08

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Gospel Matthew 22:34-40 When the Pharisees heard that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together, and one of them, a scholar of the law, tested him by asking, “Teacher, which commandment in the law is the greatest?” He said to him, “You shall love the Lord, your God, with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind. Thi…

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PRI Reflections on Scripture • 8-22-24 - Memorial of the Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary 7:41

16h ago7:41

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Gospel Matthew 22:1-14 Jesus again in reply spoke to the chief priests and the elders of the people in parables saying, "The Kingdom of heaven may be likened to a king who gave a wedding feast for his son. He dispatched his servants to summon the invited guests to the feast, but they refused to come. A second time he sent other servants, saying, 'T…

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PRI Reflections on Scripture • 8-21-24 - Memorial of Saint Pius X, Pope 7:32

16d ago7:32

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Gospel Matthew 20:1-16 Jesus told his disciples this parable: "The Kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out at dawn to hire laborers for his vineyard. After agreeing with them for the usual daily wage, he sent them into his vineyard. Going out about nine o'clock, he saw others standing idle in the marketplace, and he said to them, 'You to…

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PRI Reflections on Scripture • 8-20-24 - Memorial of Saint Bernard, Abbot and Doctor of the Church 7:18

9d ago7:18

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Gospel Matthew 19:23-30 Jesus said to his disciples: "Amen, I say to you, it will be hard for one who is rich to enter the Kingdom of heaven. Again I say to you, it is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for one who is rich to enter the Kingdom of God." When the disciples heard this, they were greatly astonished and said, "W…

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PRI Reflections on Scripture • 8-19-24 - Monday of the 20th Week in Ordinary Time 6:49

1d ago6:49

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Gospel Matthew 19:16-22 A young man approached Jesus and said, “Teacher, what good must I do to gain eternal life?” He answered him, “Why do you ask me about the good? There is only One who is good. If you wish to enter into life, keep the commandments.” He asked him, “Which ones?” And Jesus replied, “You shall not kill; you shall not commit adulte…

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HOMILY • The 20th Sunday in Ordinary Time 27:41

1d ago27:41

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PRI Reflections on Scripture • 8-17-24 - Saturday of the 19th Week in Ordinary Time 5:46

13d ago5:46

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Gospel Matthew 19:13-15 Children were brought to Jesus that he might lay his hands on them and pray. The disciples rebuked them, but Jesus said, “Let the children come to me, and do not prevent them; for the Kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.” After he placed his hands on them, he went away. Reflection There are many ways in which children…

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PRI Reflections on Scripture • 8-16-24 - Friday of the 19th Week in Ordinary Time 6:38

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Gospel Matthew 19:3-12 Some Pharisees approached Jesus, and tested him, saying, "Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any cause whatever?" He said in reply, "Have you not read that from the beginning the Creator made them male and female and said, For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the t…

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PRI Reflections on Scripture • 8-15-24 - Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary 6:55

14d ago6:55

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Gospel Luke 1:39-56 Mary set out and traveled to the hill country in haste to a town of Judah, where she entered the house of Zechariah and greeted Elizabeth. When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the infant leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth, filled with the Holy Spirit, cried out in a loud voice and said, “Blessed are you among women, and blessed …

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PRI Reflections on Scripture • 8-14-24 - Memorial of Saint Maximilian Kolbe, Priest and Martyr 6:45

4h ago6:45

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Gospel Matthew 18:15-20 Jesus said to his disciples: "If your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have won over your brother. If he does not listen, take one or two others along with you, so that every fact may be established on the testimony of two or three witnesses. If he refus…

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PRI Reflections on Scripture • 8-13-24 - Tuesday of the 19th Week in Ordinary Time 6:49

16d ago6:49

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Gospel Matthew 18:1-5, 10, 12-14 The disciples approached Jesus and said, “Who is the greatest in the Kingdom of heaven?” He called a child over, placed it in their midst, and said, “Amen, I say to you, unless you turn and become like children, you will not enter the Kingdom of heaven. Whoever becomes humble like this child is the greatest in the K…

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PRI Reflections on Scripture • 8-12-24 - Monday of the 19th Week in Ordinary Time 6:39

24d ago6:39

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Gospel Matthew 17:22-27 As Jesus and his disciples were gathering in Galilee, Jesus said to them, "The Son of Man is to be handed over to men, and they will kill him, and he will be raised on the third day." And they were overwhelmed with grief. When they came to Capernaum, the collectors of the temple tax approached Peter and said, "Does not your …

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HOMILY • The 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time 27:03

2d ago27:03

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PRI Reflections on Scripture • 8-10-24 - Feast of Saint Lawrence, Deacon and Martyr 5:34

18d ago5:34

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Gospel John 12:24-26 Jesus said to his disciples: “Amen, amen, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains just a grain of wheat; but if it dies, it produces much fruit. Whoever loves his life loses it, and whoever hates his life in this world will preserve it for eternal life. Whoever serves me must follow me, an…

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PRI Reflections on Scripture • 8-9-24 - Friday of the 18th Week in Ordinary Time 6:00

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Gospel Matthew 16:24-28 Jesus said to his disciples, “Whoever wishes to come after me must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me. For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it. What profit would there be for one to gain the whole world and forfeit his life? Or what can one give in exc…

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PRI Reflections on Scripture • 8-8-24 - Memorial of Saint Dominic, priest 7:03

5d ago7:03

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Gospel Matthew 16:13-23 Jesus went into the region of Caesarea Philippi and he asked his disciples, "Who do people say that the Son of Man is?" They replied, "Some say John the Baptist, others Elijah, still others Jeremiah or one of the prophets." He said to them, "But who do you say that I am?" Simon Peter said in reply, "You are the Christ, the S…

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PRI Reflections on Scripture • 8-7-24 - Wednesday of the 18th Week in Ordinary Time 6:04

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Gospel Matthew 15:21-28 At that time Jesus withdrew to the region of Tyre and Sidon. And behold, a Canaanite woman of that district came and called out, “Have pity on me, Lord, Son of David! My daughter is tormented by a demon.” But he did not say a word in answer to her. His disciples came and asked him, “Send her away, for she keeps calling out a…

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PRI Reflections on Scripture • 8-6-24 - Feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord 6:26

23d ago6:26

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Gospel Mark 9:2-10 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. Then Elijah appeared to them along with Moses, and they were conversing with Jesus. Then Peter said to Jesus …

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PRI Reflections on Scripture • 8-5-24 - Monday of the 18th Week in Ordinary Time 6:46

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Gospel Matthew 14:13-21 When Jesus heard of the death of John the Baptist, he withdrew in a boat to a deserted place by himself. The crowds heard of this and followed him on foot from their towns. When he disembarked and saw the vast crowd, his heart was moved with pity for them, and he cured their sick. When it was evening, the disciples approache…

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HOMILY - The 18th Sunday in Ordinary Time 27:45

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PRI Reflections on Scripture • 8-3-24 - Saturday of the 17th Week in Ordinary Time 7:15

22d ago7:15

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Gospel Matthew 14:1-12 Herod the tetrarch heard of the reputation of Jesus and said to his servants, “This man is John the Baptist. He has been raised from the dead; that is why mighty powers are at work in him.” Now Herod had arrested John, bound him, and put him in prison on account of Herodias, the wife of his brother Philip, for John had said t…

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PRI Reflections on Scripture • 8-2-24 - Friday of the 17th Week in Ordinary Time 6:05

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Gospel Matthew 13:54-58 Jesus came to his native place and taught the people in their synagogue. They were astonished and said, “Where did this man get such wisdom and mighty deeds? Is he not the carpenter’s son? Is not his mother named Mary and his brothers James, Joseph, Simon, and Judas? Are not his sisters all with us? Where did this man get al…

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PRI Reflections on Scripture • 8-1-24 - Memorial of Saint Alphonsus Liguori, Bishop and Doctor of the Church 6:15

24d ago6:15

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Gospel Matthew 13:47-53 Jesus said to the disciples: “The Kingdom of heaven is like a net thrown into the sea, which collects fish of every kind. When it is full they haul it ashore and sit down to put what is good into buckets. What is bad they throw away. Thus it will be at the end of the age. The angels will go out and separate the wicked from t…

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PRI Reflections on Scripture • 7-31-24 - Memorial of Saint Ignatius of Loyola, Priest 6:02

25d ago6:02

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Gospel Matthew 13:44-46 Jesus said to his disciples: "The Kingdom of heaven is like a treasure buried in a field, which a person finds and hides again, and out of joy goes and sells all that he has and buys that field. Again, the Kingdom of heaven is like a merchant searching for fine pearls. When he finds a pearl of great price, he goes and sells …

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PRI Reflections on Scripture • 7-30-24 - Tuesday of the 17th Week of Ordinary Time 6:47

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Gospel Matthew 13:36-43 Jesus dismissed the crowds and went into the house. His disciples approached him and said, "Explain to us the parable of the weeds in the field." He said in reply, "He who sows good seed is the Son of Man, the field is the world, the good seed the children of the Kingdom. The weeds are the children of the Evil One, and the e…

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PRI Reflections on Scripture • 7-29-24 - Memorial of Saints Martha, Mary, and Lazarus 6:40

27d ago6:40

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Gospel Either: John 11:19-27 Many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary to comfort them about their brother Lazarus, who had died]. When Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went to meet him; but Mary sat at home. Martha said to Jesus, "Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died. But even now I know that whatever you ask of God…

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HOMILY • The 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time 27:29

28d ago27:29

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PRI Reflections on Scripture • 7-27-24 - Saturday of the 16th Week in Ordinary Time 6:35

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Gospel Matthew 13:24-30 Jesus proposed a parable to the crowds. "The Kingdom of heaven may be likened to a man who sowed good seed in his field. While everyone was asleep his enemy came and sowed weeds all through the wheat, and then went off. When the crop grew and bore fruit, the weeds appeared as well. The slaves of the householder came to him a…

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PRI Reflections on Scripture • 7-26-24 - Memorial of Saints Joachim and Anne, Parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary 6:25

1M ago6:25

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Gospel Matthew 13:18-23 Jesus said to his disciples: “Hear the parable of the sower. The seed sown on the path is the one who hears the word of the Kingdom without understanding it, and the Evil One comes and steals away what was sown in his heart. The seed sown on rocky ground is the one who hears the word and receives it at once with joy. But he …

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PRI Reflections on Scripture • 7-25-24 - Feast of Saint James, Apostle 7:22

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Gospel Matthew 20:20-28 The mother of the sons of Zebedee approached Jesus with her sons and did him homage, wishing to ask him for something. He said to her, "What do you wish?" She answered him, "Command that these two sons of mine sit, one at your right and the other at your left, in your Kingdom." Jesus said in reply, "You do not know what you …

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PRI Reflections on Scripture • 7-24-24 - Wednesday of the 16th Week in Ordinary Time 6:46

1M ago6:46

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Gospel Matthew 13:1-9 On that day, Jesus went out of the house and sat down by the sea. Such large crowds gathered around him that he got into a boat and sat down, and the whole crowd stood along the shore. And he spoke to them at length in parables, saying: “A sower went out to sow. And as he sowed, some seed fell on the path, and birds came and a…

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PRI Reflections on Scripture • 7-23-24 - Tuesday of the 16th Week of Ordinary Time 6:36

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Gospel Matthew 12:46-50 While Jesus was speaking to the crowds, his mother and his brothers appeared outside, wishing to speak with him. Someone told him, “Your mother and your brothers are standing outside, asking to speak with you.” But he said in reply to the one who told him, “Who is my mother? Who are my brothers?” And stretching out his hand …

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PRI Reflections on Scripture • 7-22-24 - Feast of Saint Mary Magdalene 7:54

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Gospel John 20:1-2, 11-18 On the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb early in the morning, while it was still dark, and saw the stone removed from the tomb. So she ran and went to Simon Peter and to the other disciple whom Jesus loved, and told them, "They have taken the Lord from the tomb, and we don't know where they put him." …

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HOMILY • The 16th Sunday in Ordinary Time 28:57

2M ago28:57

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PRI Reflections on Scripture • 6-25-24 - Tuesday of the 12th Week in Ordinary Time 6:13

2M ago6:13

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Gospel Matthew 7:6, 12-14 Jesus said to his disciples: “Do not give what is holy to dogs, or throw your pearls before swine, lest they trample them underfoot, and turn and tear you to pieces.“Do to others whatever you would have them do to you. This is the Law and the Prophets.“Enter through the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the road broad …

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PRI Reflections on Scripture • 6-24-24 - Solemnity of the Nativity of Saint John the Baptist 6:47

2M ago6:47

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Gospel Luke 1:57-66, 80 When the time arrived for Elizabeth to have her child she gave birth to a son. Her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord had shown his great mercy toward her, and they rejoiced with her. When they came on the eighth day to circumcise the child, they were going to call him Zechariah after his father, but his mother said…