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Everything Is Ready
Isaiah 25:6-10a and Matthew 22:1-14: God spreads a feast for all peoples on his mountain, and the king’s guests make excuses. On…
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Twenty-Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time, October 18, 2026
Isaiah 45, Psalm 96, 1 Thessalonians 1, Matthew 22: the pagan king God calls his anointed, the gods that are idols, and…
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What More Was There to Do?
Isaiah 5:1-7 and Matthew 21:33-43 on the Feast of Saint Francis. God asks what more he could have done, and the tenants…
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Twenty-Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time, October 11, 2026
Isaiah 25, Psalm 23, Philippians 4, Matthew 22: the feast on the mountain, the table before my enemies, and the king’s question…
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Twenty-Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time, October 4, 2026
Isaiah 5, Psalm 80, Philippians 4, Matthew 21: the vineyard that gave stinking grapes, the tenants who killed the son, and the…
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Do You Begrudge My Generosity
Matthew 20:1-16 and Isaiah 55: why the vineyard owner’s pay at the eleventh hour exposes the envy hiding behind a long-kept ledger…
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Twenty-Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time, September 20, 2026
Isaiah 55, Psalm 145, Philippians 1, Matthew 20: my thoughts are not your thoughts, the eleventh-hour laborers paid first, and to live…
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Who Holds the Keys
A Catholic deacon’s reflection on Matthew 16:13-20 and Isaiah 22:19-23: Peter’s confession, the keys of the kingdom, and the authority you already…
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Twenty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time, August 23, 2026
Isaiah 22, Psalm 138, Romans 11, Matthew 16: the key of the house of David passes from Shebna to Eliakim, and the…
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A House of Prayer for All Peoples
A Canaanite mother meets silence and keeps asking. Isaiah 56 and Matthew 15 on why humility, not standing, opens the house of…