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Monday of the Second Week in Ordinary TimeMk 2:18-22"Can the wedding guests fast while the bridegroom is with them?As long as they have the bridegroom with them they cannot fast."...

Thursday of the First Week in Ordinary TimeMk 1:40-45He spread the report abroadso that it was impossible for Jesus to enter a town openly.He remained outside in deserted places,and people kept coming to him from everywhere....

Wednesday of the First Week in Ordinary TimeMk 1:29-39On leaving the synagogueJesus entered the house of Simon and Andrew with James and John.Simon’s mother-in-law lay sick with a fever.They immediately told him about her.He approached, grasped her hand, and helped her up.Then the fever left her and she waited on them....

Tuesday of the First Week in Ordinary TimeMk 1:21-28Jesus rebuked him and said, “Quiet!  Come out of him!”The unclean spirit convulsed him and with a loud cry came out of him.All were amazed and asked one another,“What is this?A new teaching with authority.He commands even the unclean spirits and they obey him.”His fame spread everywhere t...

Monday of the First Week in Ordinary TimeMk 1:14-20As he passed by the Sea of Galilee,he saw Simon and his brother Andrew casting their nets into the sea;they were fishermen.Jesus said to them,“Come after me, and I will make you fishers of men.”...

Friday after EpiphanyLk 5:12-16“Lord, if you wish, you can make me clean.” Jesus stretched out his hand, touched him, and said,“I do will it.  Be made clean.” And the leprosy left him immediately....

Join us in this One on One interview with Robert Ellsberg and author, James T. Keane, as they discuss "Reading Culture Through Catholic Eyes: 50 Writers, Thinkers, and Firebrands Who Challenge and Change Us".  Get your copy today at https://maryknoll.link/f02009  America columnist and Catholic cultural and literary critic, James T. Keane, bring...

Thursday after EpiphanyLk 4:14-22Rolling up the scroll, he handed it back to the attendant and sat down,and the eyes of all in the synagogue looked intently at him. He said to them,“Today this Scripture passage is fulfilled in your hearing.” And all spoke highly of himand were amazed at the gracious words that came from his mouth....

Wednesday after EpiphanyMk 6:45-52After the five thousand had eaten and were satisfied,Jesus made his disciples get into the boatand precede him to the other side toward Bethsaida,while he dismissed the crowd. And when he had taken leave of them,he went off to the mountain to pray....

Tuesday after EpiphanyMk 6:34-44So he gave orders to have them sit down in groups on the green grass.The people took their places in rows by hundreds and by fifties.Then, taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven,he said the blessing, broke the loaves, and gave them to his disciplesto set before the people;he also divided the...

Monday after EpiphanyMt 4:12-17, 23-25His fame spread to all of Syria,and they brought to him all who were sick with various diseasesand racked with pain,those who were possessed, lunatics, and paralytics,and he cured them.And great crowds from Galilee, the Decapolis, Jerusalem, and Judea,and from beyond the Jordan followed him....

Memorial of Saints Basil the Great and Gregory Nazianzen, Bishops and Doctors of the ChurchMt 23:8-12"The greatest among you must be your servant.Whoever exalts himself will be humbled;but whoever humbles himself will be exalted."...