Category: Ordinary Time
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Kindness – Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Central idea: Christ is our model of kindness. Doctrine: The virtue of kindness. Practical application: Growing in kindness.
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Optimism and Hope – Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Central idea: Confidence in God. Doctrine: Optimism and Hope. Practical application: Activating hope.
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Marriage – The Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Central idea: Authentic prophets who teach with authority. Doctrine: The vocation to marriage. Practical application: Understand and defend marriage.
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Contrition – The Third Sunday in Ordinary Time
Central idea: Contrition. Doctrine: The act of contrition. Practical application: Acts of contrition.
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To reign is to serve – Second Sunday of Ordinary Time
Central idea: God calls men to serve. Doctrine: “To reign is to serve.” Practical application: To reign by being a humble, obedient servant.
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The Baptism of the Lord
Our Lord’s public life began when he was baptized by St. John the Baptist at the River Jordan. In his baptism, although he was entirely free from sin, Christ identified himself with sinful humanity. His baptism is also a glimpse into the inner Trinitarian life of God. If you follow this link and scroll down,…
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The Solemnity of Christ the King
Central idea: The king of the kingdom of God. Doctrine: The kingdom of God and the last judgment. Practical application: Living today with the end in mind.
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The good fruit of those who fear God: Thirty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time
Central idea: Fruits of the fear of the Lord. Doctrine: Children of God or divine filiation. Practical application: A brief summary of some of the consequences of divine filiation in the Christian life.
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Be Awake: Thirty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time
Central idea: Be awake and prepared to meet Christ. Doctrine: Christ will make all things are subjected to him. Practical application: Prudence.
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The Greatest Commandment and Catholic Social Teachings: Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Central idea: The greatest commandments. Doctrine: Catholic social teachings. Practical application: Living Catholic social teachings.
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Theological Virtues: Twenty-Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Central idea: Faith, hope, and love. Doctrine: The theological virtues. Practical application: Exercising the theological virtues more effectively.
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The Desirability of Salvation: Twenty-Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Central idea: The desirability of salvation. Doctrine: Heaven, hell, and purgatory. Practical application: The spiritual works of mercy.