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20 Feb 2011

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

SUNDAY SUMMARY

Leviticus 19:1-2, 17-18  God issues an invitation for us to imitate the divine holiness.

Psalm 103:1-2, 3-4, 8, 10, 12-13 God’s kindness and compassion are signature traits—and thank God for that!

1 Corinthians 3:16-23  As temples of the Spirit, we are hosts of the holiness of God.

Matthew 5:38-48  What does it take to be a disciple of Jesus? Merely the desire to be perfect.

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The inner word

What’s in your heart?

Be holy is the simple message of today's readings.

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Who

Who's listening?

Who is in your audience?

American Catholics raised in a Horatio Alger, pull-yourself-up-by-the-bootstraps culture where independence is favored over all else may have a hard time accepting Jesus' directive that we give to those who ask of us and lend to those who want to borrow from us.

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Exploring the word

So you want to be perfect!

AS CHILDREN MOST of us believed in perfection as an attainable goal. Maybe not our own particular perfection (I was never going to get an A in science!), but the finish line was clearly marked out and someone was going to cross it.

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Homily stories

The key to peace

A TRUCK DRIVER, in a hurry, pulled into a parking spot, jumped out of his car, and ran into a store. A moment later another driver came out of the store, and when she got to her car, she saw that she couldn't open the driver door because the truck had parked too close to her car.

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Homily stories

Do no harm

One of the more famous embodiments of the message behind today's gospel reading is Mahatma Gandhi's nonviolent resistance.

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Prayers

Penitential Act & Prayer of the Faithful

We ask God to make us temples of the Holy Spirit.

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Homily themes

Notes on the text

When someone strikes you on your right cheek, turn the other one as well. The English author Oscar Wilde once said, "Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much."

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Quotes

Teach us to give and not to count the cost.

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