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Thursday of the Sixth Week in Ordinary TimeMk 8:27-33He began to teach themthat the Son of Man must suffer greatlyand be rejected by the elders, the chief priests, and the scribes,and be killed, and rise after three days....

Wednesday of the Sixth Week in Ordinary TimeMk 8:22-26When Jesus and his disciples arrived at Bethsaida,people brought to him a blind man and begged Jesus to touch him.He took the blind man by the hand and led him outside the village.Putting spittle on his eyes he laid his hands on the man and asked,“Do you see anything?”...

Tuesday of the Sixth Week in Ordinary TimeMk 8:14-21The disciples had forgotten to bring bread,and they had only one loaf with them in the boat.Jesus enjoined them, “Watch out,guard against the leaven of the Phariseesand the leaven of Herod.”...

Monday of the Sixth Week in Ordinary TimeMk 8:11-13The Pharisees came forward and began to argue with Jesus,seeking from him a sign from heaven to test him.He sighed from the depth of his spirit and said,“Why does this generation seek a sign?"...

Memorial of Saints Cyril, Monk, and Methodius, BishopLk 10:1-9The Lord Jesus appointed seventy-two other discipleswhom he sent ahead of him in pairsto every town and place he intended to visit.He said to them,"The harvest is abundant but the laborers are few;so ask the master of the harvestto send out laborers for his harvest."...

Thursday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary TimeMk 7:24-30She came and fell at his feet.The woman was a Greek, a Syrophoenician by birth,and she begged him to drive the demon out of her daughter.He said to her, "Let the children be fed first.For it is not right to take the food of the childrenand throw it to the dogs."She replied and said to him,"Lord, ...

Wednesday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary TimeMk 7:14-23Jesus summoned the crowd again and said to them,“Hear me, all of you, and understand.Nothing that enters one from outside can defile that person;but the things that come out from within are what defile.”...

Tuesday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary TimeMk 7:1-13So the Pharisees and scribes questioned him,"Why do your disciples not follow the tradition of the eldersbut instead eat a meal with unclean hands?"  He responded,"Well did Isaiah prophesy about you hypocrites,as it is written:This people honors me with their lips,but their hearts are far from me;...

Memorial of Saint ScholasticaLk 10:38-42The Lord said to her in reply,"Martha, Martha, you are anxious and worried about many things.There is need of only one thing.Mary has chosen the better partand it will not be taken from her."...

Join Robert Ellsberg in this One on One interview with author, Juan M. Floyd-Thomas, as they discuss "Critical Race Theology: White Supremacy, American Christianity, and the Culture Wars".  Get your copy today at https://maryknoll.link/xcaIn this episode, they discuss the timely and challenging framework of "critical race theology" which draws o...

Friday of the Fourth Week in Ordinary TimeMk 6:14-29King Herod heard about Jesus, for his fame had become widespread,and people were saying,"John the Baptist has been raised from the dead;That is why mighty powers are at work in him."Others were saying, "He is Elijah";still others, "He is a prophet like any of the prophets."But when Herod learned o...

Memorial of Saint Paul Miki and his CompanionsMt 28:16-20Then Jesus approached and said to them,"All power in heaven and on earth has been given to me.Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations,baptizing them in the name of the Father,and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit,teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you.And behold, I a...