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November 23 2014 – (11/23/14) Readings

Sunday Mass Readings 11/23/2014 from USCCB

Ez 34:11-12, 15-17
Ps 23:1-2, 2-3, 5-6
1 Cor 15:20-26, 28
Mt 25:31-46

Pope Francis Wednesday Audience 11/19/14 – “Thanks to Baptism, each member of the Church shares in this vocation; every one of us is called to be a saint.”

Christ the King

All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats, and he will put the sheep at his right hand and the goats at the left.

Then the king will say to those at his right hand, ‘Come, you that are blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.

for I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me,

I was naked and you gave me clothing, I was sick and you took care of me, I was in prison and you visited me.’

As shepherds seek out their flocks when they are among their scattered sheep, so I will seek out my sheep. I will rescue them from all the places to which they have been scattered on a day of clouds and thick darkness.

As for you, my flock, thus says the Lord God: I shall judge between sheep and sheep, between rams and goats

The Lord is my shepherd; there is nothing I shall want.

For since death came through a human being, the resurrection of the dead has also come through a human being; for as all die in Adam, so all will be made alive in Christ. But each in his own order: Christ the first fruits, then at his coming those who belong to Christ. Then comes the end, when he hands over the kingdom to God the Father, after he has destroyed every ruler and every authority and power. For he must reign until he has put all his enemies under his feet. The last enemy to be destroyed is death.

Scripture quotations are from the New Revised Standard Version Bible: Catholic Edition, copyright © 1989, 1993 the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

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Pope Francis

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Fr. Joseph Pellegrino Homily

The Center for Liturgy at St Louis University

St Charles Borromeo Catholic Church – www.scborromeo.org

Catholic Doors Homilies

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Thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time

Posted by prepareformass on November 15, 2014

‘Master, you gave me five talents. See, I have made five more.’ His master said to him, ‘Well done, my good and faithful servant.
Since you were faithful in small matters,
I will give you great responsibilities.
Come, share your master’s joy.’…
Then the one who had received the one talent came forward and said, ‘Master, I knew you were a demanding person, harvesting where you did not plant and gathering where you did not scatter; so out of fear I went off and buried your talent in the ground. Here it is back.’ His master said to him in reply, ‘You wicked, lazy servant! So you knew that I harvest where I did not plant and gather where I did not scatter? Should you not then have put my money in the bank so that I could have got it back with interest on my return? Now then! Take the talent from him and give it to the one with ten.

Sunday November 16 2014 is the Thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time

Year A

November 16 2014 – (11/16/14) Readings

Sunday Mass Readings 11/16/2014 from USCCB

Prv 31:10-13, 19-20, 30-31
Ps 128:1-2, 3, 4-5
1 Thes 5:1-6
Mt 25:14-30

Pope Francis Wednesday Audience 11/12/14 – “In a special way, Paul urges the Church’s ordained ministers to rekindle constantly the gift of God which they have received.”

33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time

For to all those who have, more will be given, and they will have an abundance; but from those who have nothing, even what they have will be taken away.

Then the one who had received the five talents came forward, bringing five more talents, saying, ‘Master, you handed over to me five talents; see, I have made five more talents.’ His master said to him, ‘Well done, good and trustworthy slave; you have been trustworthy in a few things, I will put you in charge of many things; enter into the joy of your master.

Blessed are those who fear the Lord. Blessed are you who fear the LORD, who walk in his ways! For you shall eat the fruit of your handiwork; blessed shall you be, and favored.

But you, beloved, are not in darkness, for that day to surprise you like a thief; for you are all children of light and children of the day; we are not of the night or of darkness. So then let us not fall asleep as others do, but let us keep awake and be sober.

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Pope Francis

The Center for Liturgy at St Louis University

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Fr. Joseph Pellegrino Homily

St Charles Borromeo Catholic Church – www.scborromeo.org

Catholic Doors Homilies

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Feast of the Dedication of the Lateran Basilica in Rome

Posted by prepareformass on November 8, 2014

“This temple has been under construction for forty-six years, and you will raise it up in three days?”
But he was speaking about the temple of his Body.
Therefore, when he was raised from the dead,
his disciples remembered that he had said this,
and they came to believe the Scripture
and the word Jesus had spoken.

Sunday November 9 2014 is the Feast of the Dedication of the Lateran Basilica in Rome
Year A

November 9 2014 – (11/9/14) Readings

Sunday Mass Readings 11/9/2014 from USCCB

Ez 47:1-2, 8-9, 12
Ps 46:2-3, 5-6, 8-9
1 Cor 3:9C-11, 16-17
Jn 2:13-22

Pope Francis Wednesday Audience 11/5/14 – “Through the sacrament of Holy Orders, bishops, priests and deacons are called to guide and protect Christ’s flock, above all though the celebration of the sacraments which give us new life in Christ.”

Dedication of St John Lateran

Then he brought me back to the entrance of the temple; there, water was flowing from below the threshold of the temple toward the east (for the temple faced east); and the water was flowing down from below the south end of the threshold of the temple, south of the altar. Then he brought me out by way of the north gate, and led me around on the outside to the outer gate that faces toward the east; and the water was coming out on the south side.

Wherever the river goes, every living creature that swarms will live, and there will be very many fish, once these waters reach there. It will become fresh; and everything will live where the river goes.

The waters of the river gladden the city of God, the holy dwelling of the Most High!

Do you not know that you are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in you? If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy that person. For God’s temple is holy, and you are that temple.

In the temple he found people selling cattle, sheep, and doves, and the money changers seated at their tables. Making a whip of cords, he drove all of them out of the temple, both the sheep and the cattle. He also poured out the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables. He told those who were selling the doves, “Take these things out of here! Stop making my Father’s house a marketplace!” His disciples remembered that it was written, “Zeal for your house will consume me.” The Jews then said to him, “What sign can you show us for doing this?” Jesus answered them, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.” The Jews then said, “This temple has been under construction for forty-six years, and will you raise it up in three days?” But he was speaking of the temple of his body.

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The Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed (All Souls)

Posted by prepareformass on October 30, 2014

All-Souls Sunday November 2 2014 is All Souls Day
Year A

November 2 2014 – (11/2/14) Readings

Sunday Mass Readings 11/2/2014 from USCCB

Wis 3:1-9
Ps 23:1-3A, 3B-4, 5, 6
Rom 5:5-11 OR ROM 6:3-9
Jn 6:37-40

Pope Francis Wednesday Audience 10/29/14

All Souls Day

Jesus said, This is the will of him who sent me, that I should lose nothing of all that he has given me, but raise it up on the last day. This is indeed the will of my Father, that all who see the Son and believe in him may have eternal life; and I will raise them up on the last day.”

In the time of their visitation they will shine forth, and will run like sparks through the stubble. They will govern nations and rule over peoples, and the Lord will reign over them forever.Those who trust in him will understand truth, and the faithful will abide with him in love, because grace and mercy are upon his holy ones, and he watches over his elect.

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