Sunday

26 Jul 2020

Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Cycle A Click here for all content for this cycle Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Cycle A

SUNDAY SUMMARY

1 Kings 3:5, 7-12  Young Solomon asks for wisdom instead of worldly wealth.

Psalm 119:57, 72, 76-77, 127-128, 129-130  The word of God is a revelation of light and understanding.

Romans 8:28-30  Whom God calls, God also prepares for the task ahead.

Matthew 13:44-52  The Kingdom is like treasure, a merchant, a net cast at sea.

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The inner word

What’s in your heart?

In a dream, God tells Solomon to “ask for something” and God promises to give it to him. If God made that offer to you in a dream, what would you ask for?

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Exploring the word

The answer to our prayers

If you could have anything, what would you ask for? One man knows at once what his heart desires: “A red Ferrari!” A harried parent declares: “A long vacation without the kids.” Still another dreams of tuition for college, and the list grows longer as we all dream together: a house by the sea, marriage to a movie star, the safety of loved ones, a miraculous healing, a million dollars, peace on earth.

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In other words

The Sunday gospel in everyday English

“God’s kingdom is like a treasure hidden in a field for years and then accidentally found by a trespasser. The finder is ecstatic—what a find!—and proceeds to sell everything he owns to raise money and buy that field.

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Homily stories

Make room for the new with the old

My parents never missed Mass on Sunday and Catholic faith was the center of their lives. My father in particular, was fond of quoting the Baltimore Catechism and the rules of the church were his ultimate standard when making moral decisions. T

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Homily stories

Got what I wanted

Many years ago Bill sat with Shirley on her family’s front porch talking late into the evening. It was their third date, and they were falling in love.

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Homily stories

A word from the wise

As a journalist gathered notes for a story on Msgr. Jack Egan, renowned labor priest, she could feel his eyes searching her face. Egan was 80 at the time and had already become a legend among Catholic activists as a man who spoke truth to power and fought racial discrimination and social injustice with the faith and ferocity of an Old Testament prophet.

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Homily stories

Do you know how much it is worth?

On Public Television there is a program called Antiques Roadshow. People bring items to be appraised by professionals and experts with the hope that their vase or painting or chair might be a valuable antique.

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Prayers

Penitential Act & Prayer of the Faithful

We know that all things work for good for those who love God, scripture tells us today. We ask for the gift of that love so that all things in our lives will work together for the good.

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Quotes

Pope Francis is not only changing the face of the Catholic Church, he's challenging us to be the face of God in the world by seeing the face of God in the person we least expect to see it, including the person in the mirror. 

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