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Memorial of Saint MonicaLuke 7:11-17Fear seized them all, and they glorified God, exclaiming,"A great prophet has arisen in our midst,"and "God has visited his people."This report about him spread through the whole of Judeaand in all the surrounding region.

Tuesday of the Twenty-first Week in Ordinary TimeMatthew 23:23-26“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites.You cleanse the outside of cup and dish,but inside they are full of plunder and self-indulgence.Blind Pharisee, cleanse first the inside of the cup,so that the outside also may be clean.”

Monday of the Twenty-first Week in Ordinary TimeMatthew 23:13-22Jesus said to the crowds and to his disciples:“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites.You lock the Kingdom of heaven before men.You do not enter yourselves,nor do you allow entrance to those trying to enter."

Memorial of The Queenship of the Blessed Virgin MaryLuke 1:26-38Mary said, "Behold, I am the handmaid of the Lord.May it be done to me according to your word."Then the angel departed from her.

Join Robert Ellsberg, publisher of Orbis Books, in this One On One interview with author Grace Ji-Sun Kim, as they discuss Earthbound: God at the Intersection of Climate and Justice. https://maryknoll.link/7547deIn the face of tremendous ecological changes, environmental crises, and social inequity, our God-talk must reveal our profound interconnectedness with Earth and all its inhabitants. Grace Ji-Sun Kim offers a transformative vision of divine presence that calls us to active, restorative justice. Drawing from Christian theology and urgent ecological insights, the book discusses our current climate catastrophes while illuminating pathways of healing and hope. Earthbound invites readers to embrace a radical theology of relationship—one that recognizes our responsibility to each other, to all living systems, and to the intricate web of life that sustains us.Grace Ji-Sun Kim holds a PhD from University of St. Michael’s College, Toronto. She was born in Korea, educated in Canada, and now teaches in the United States as professor of theology, Earlham School of Religion. She is the author or editor of twenty-five books, including Keeping Hope Alive: Sermons and Speeches of Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. (Orbis). She is the host of Madang podcast, which is sponsored by the Christian Century.Get your copy today:  https://maryknoll.link/7547de #RobertEllsberg #OrbisBooks #SpiritualEcology #TheologyOfCreation #ClimateJustice #EnvironmentalJustice #GraceJiSunKim

Memorial of Saint Pius X, PopeJohn 21:15-17After Jesus had revealed himself to his disciples andeaten breakfast with them,he said to Simon Peter,"Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these?"Simon Peter answered him, "Yes, Lord, you know that I love you."

Memorial of Saint Bernard, Abbot and Doctor of the ChurchJohn 17:20-26"Righteous Father, the world also does not know you,but I know you, and they know that you sent me.I made known to them your name and I will make it known,that the love with which you loved memay be in them and I in them."

Tuesday of the Twentieth Week in Ordinary TimeMatthew 19:23-30Jesus said to his disciples:“Amen, I say to you, it will be hard for one who is richto enter the Kingdom of heaven.Again I say to you,it is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needlethan for one who is rich to enter the Kingdom of God.”When the disciples heard this, they were greatly astonished

Monday of the Twentieth Week in Ordinary TimeMatthew 19:16-22The young man said to him,“All of these I have observed. What do I still lack?”Jesus said to him, “If you wish to be perfect, go,sell what you have and give to the poor,and you will have treasure in heaven.Then come, follow me.”When the young man heard this statement, he went away sad,for he had many possessions.

Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin MaryLuke 1:39-56“Blessed are you among women,and blessed is the fruit of your womb.And how does this happen to me,that the mother of my Lord should come to me?For at the moment the sound of your greeting reached my ears,the infant in my womb leaped for joy.Blessed are you who believedthat what was spoken to you by the Lordwould be fulfilled.”

Memorial of Saint Maximilian Mary Kolbe, Priest and MartyrJohn 15:12-16Jesus said to his disciples:"This is my commandment: love one another as I love you.No one has greater love than this,to lay down one's life for one's friends."

Wednesday of the Nineteenth Week in Ordinary TimeMatthew 18:15-20"Amen, I say to you,whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven,and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.Again, amen, I say to you, if two of you agree on earthabout anything for which they are to pray,it shall be granted to them by my heavenly Father.For where two or three are gathered together in my name,there am I in the midst of them."

Tuesday of the Nineteenth Week in Ordinary TimeMatthew 18:1-5, 10, 12-14The disciples approached Jesus and said,"Who is the greatest in the Kingdom of heaven?"He called a child over, placed it in their midst, and said,"Amen, I say to you, unless you turn and become like children,you will not enter the Kingdom of heaven.Whoever becomes humble like this childis the greatest in the Kingdom of heaven.And whoever receives one child such as this in my name receives me."

Memorial of Saint ClareMatthew 19:27-29Peter said to Jesus,“We have given up everything and followed you.What will there be for us?”Jesus said to them, “Amen, I say to youthat you who have followed me, in the new age,when the Son of Man is seated on his throne of glory,will yourselves sit on twelve thrones,judging the twelve tribes of Israel."

Memorial of Saint Dominic, PriestLuke 9:57-62As Jesus and his disciples were proceeding on their journeysomeone said to him, "I will follow you wherever you go."Jesus answered him,"Foxes have dens and birds of the sky have nests,but the Son of Man has nowhere to rest his head."