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"I also admonish and exhort the brothers that in their preaching their words be studied and chaste, useful and edifying to the people, telling them about vices and virtues, punishment and glory; and they ought to be brief, because the Lord kept his words brief when he was on earth." - Saint Francis of Assisi - Chapter IX, Approved Rule

Homily of the Day

Sunday – 22nd Week in Ordinary Time – A

My dear brothers and sisters in Christ, we have come to the 22nd Week in Ordinary Time, in which we examine a very important question for our spiritual journey. Why is it that we suffer when we do good? Why is it that God's ways are so different from our ways? And what is it going to take to keep us following Jesus no matter the cost?

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Domenica – XXII Settimana del Tempo Ordinario – A

Miei cari fratelli e sorelle in Cristo, siamo giunti alla XXII Settimana del Tempo Ordinario, e le letture di oggi ci pongono davanti a una domanda molto importante: perché soffriamo quando facciamo il bene? Perché le vie di Dio sono così diverse dalle nostre? E che cosa ci permetterà di continuare a seguire Gesù, qualunque sia il prezzo?

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Friday – 21st Week in Ordinary Time – A – Memorial of Saint Augustine, Bishop and Doctor of the Church

Today we celebrate the beautiful memorial of Saint Augustine, a bishop and a Doctor of the Church, whose mother's feast day we celebrated yesterday, Saint Monica. We are taking our readings from the suggested memorial readings for his day, which for the first reading, we will be reflecting on 1 John chapter 4, verse 7 to 16, and for the Gospel, we will be reflecting on Saint Matthew's 23rd chapter, the 8th to the 12th verse.

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Venerdì – XXI Settimana del Tempo Ordinario – A – Memoria di Sant'Agostino, Vescovo e Dottore della Chiesa

Oggi celebriamo la bella memoria di Sant'Agostino, vescovo e Dottore della Chiesa, la cui madre, Santa Monica, abbiamo celebrato ieri.San Giovanni comincia la prima lettura con queste parole: «Carissimi, amiamoci gli uni gli altri» (1 Giovanni 4,7). Questa potrebbe essere la sintesi perfetta del cammino spirituale di Sant'Agostino. Tutta la sua vita fu una ricerca per comprendere che cosa, e soprattutto chi, dovesse amare.

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Thursday – 21st Week in Ordinary Time – A – Memorial of Saint Monica

My dear brothers and sisters in Christ, today we celebrate the beautiful feast of Saint Monica, the mother of Saint Augustine. We take our readings for today's Mass from the book of Sirach and from the Gospel of Luke, Saint Luke. And my brothers and sisters, first of all, Sirach is also called Ecclesiasticus. Perhaps if you'd like to find it under that heading in your Bible, Sirach chapter 26 verses 1 to 4 and 13 to 16. And it was composed in Hebrew by Jesus Ben Sirah in Jerusalem, probably around 180 years before Christ.

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Giovedì – XXI Settimana del Tempo Ordinario – A – Memoria di Santa Monica

Miei cari fratelli e sorelle in Cristo, oggi celebriamo la bella memoria di Santa Monica, madre di Sant'Agostino. La prima lettura, tratta dal libro del Siracide, presenta la donna virtuosa come una benedizione per tutta la sua famiglia: «Beato il marito di una brava moglie, il numero dei suoi giorni sarà doppio» (Siracide 26,1). È una lettura particolarmente adatta a Santa Monica, perché la sua santità maturò proprio nelle difficoltà della vita matrimoniale e familiare.

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Mercoledì – XXI Settimana del Tempo Ordinario – A

Nel Vangelo di oggi, Gesù parla ancora una volta con grande severità ai farisei. Ciò che provoca la sua indignazione è soprattutto la loro ipocrisia. Gesù dice: «Siete simili a sepolcri imbiancati: all'esterno appaiono belli, ma dentro sono pieni di ossa di morti e di ogni marciume. Così anche voi: all'esterno apparite giusti davanti alla gente, ma dentro siete pieni di ipocrisia e di iniquità» (Matteo 23,27-28).

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Tuesday – 21st Week in Ordinary Time – A

In today's readings, we hear of different kinds of warnings, one from Saint Paul and one from our Lord Himself. One is concerned with false teachings. The other one is concerned with false living and a duplicity in our lifestyle.

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