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A mazing possibilities await us when we remain available. Remain available to God and His will for us.  Reflection from Dynamic Catholic Reading from USCCB.org Alleluia  LK 4:18  R.  Alleluia, alleluia. The Spirit of the Lord is upon me; he has sent me to bring glad tidings to the poor. R.  Alleluia, alleluia. Gospel  LK 4:16-30  Jesus came to Nazareth, where he had grown up, and went according to his custom into the synagogue on the sabbath day. He stood up to read and was handed a scroll of the prophet Isaiah. He unrolled the scroll and found the passage where it was written: The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to bring glad tidings to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim liberty to captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to let the oppressed go free, and to proclaim a year acceptable to the Lord. Rolling up the scroll, he handed it back to the attendant and sat down, and the eyes of all in the synagogue looked intently...

A mazing possibilities await us if we only remain available. Remain in Him says the Lord  Reflection form Dynamic Catholic  Readings from USCCB.org Alleluia  See EPH 1:17-18 R.  Alleluia, alleluia. May the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ enlighten the eyes of our hearts, that we may know what is the hope that belongs to our call. R.  Alleluia, alleluia. Gospel  MT 16:21-27  Jesus began to show his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer greatly from the elders, the chief priests, and the scribes, and be killed and on the third day be raised.  Then Peter took Jesus aside and began to rebuke him, “God forbid, Lord! No such thing shall ever happen to you.”  He turned and said to Peter, “Get behind me, Satan! You are an obstacle to me.  You are thinking not as God does, but as human beings do." Then Jesus said to his disciples, “Whoever wishes to come after me must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me.  For whoever w...

A mazing possibilities await us when we remain available for God. We need keep pushing though it seems like nothing is moving  Reflections from Dynamic Catholic Readings from USCCB.org MT 5:10  R.  Alleluia, alleluia. Blessed are those who are persecuted for the sake of righteousness, for theirs is the Kingdom of heaven. R.  Alleluia, alleluia. Gospel  MK 6:17-29  Herod was the one who had John the Baptist arrested and bound in prison on account of Herodias,  the wife of his brother Philip, whom he had married. John had said to Herod, “It is not lawful for you to have your brother’s wife.” Herodias harbored a grudge against him and wanted to kill him but was unable to do so. Herod feared John, knowing him to be a righteous and holy man, and kept him in custody. When he heard him speak he was very much perplexed, yet he liked to listen to him. She had an opportunity one day when Herod, on his birthday, gave a banquet for his courtiers, his military offi...

A mazing possibilities await us when we remain available for God. Remain available “God, give me Chasity and consonants – but just not now”  confession from Saint Augustine of Hippo Reflection from Dynamic Catholic Readings from USCCB.org Alleluia  LUKE 21:36  R.  Alleluia, alleluia. Be vigilant at all times and pray, that you may have the strength to stand before the Son of Man. R. A lleluia, alleluia. Gospel  MT 25:1-13  Jesus told his disciples this parable: “The Kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom.  Five of them were foolish and five were wise.  The foolish ones, when taking their lamps, brought no oil with them, but the wise brought flasks of oil with their lamps.  Since the bridegroom was long delayed, they all became drowsy and fell asleep. At midnight , there was a cry, ‘Behold, the bridegroom!  Come out to meet him!’  Then all those virgins got up and trimmed t...

A mazing possibilities await us when we remain available for God. Blessed are we that believe even though we haven’t seen.  Reflections form Dynamic Catholic Readings from USCCB.org Alleluia  MT 24:42A, 44  R.  Alleluia, alleluia. Stay awake!   For you do not know when the Son of Man will come. R.  Alleluia, alleluia. Gospel  MT 24:42-51  Jesus said to his disciples: “Stay awake! For you do not know on which day your Lord will come. Be sure of this:  if the master of the house had known the hour of night when the thief was coming, he would have stayed awake and not let his house be broken into. So too, you also must be prepared, for at an hour you do not expect, the Son of Man will come. “Who, then, is the faithful and prudent servant, whom the master has put in charge of his household to distribute to them their food at the proper time? Blessed is that servant whom his master on his arrival finds doing so. Amen, I say to you, he will put him...

A mazing possibilities await us when we remain available for God. Open heart and mind to Him Reflection from Dynamic Catholic Readings from USCCB.org Alleluia  1 JOHN 2:5 R.  Alleluia, alleluia. Whoever keeps the word of Christ, the love of God is truly perfected in him. R.  Alleluia, alleluia. Gospel  MT 23:27-32  Jesus said, “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites. You are like whitewashed tombs, which appear beautiful on the outside, but inside are full of dead men’s bones and every kind of filth. Even so, on the outside you appear righteous, but inside you are filled with hypocrisy and evildoing. “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites. You build the tombs of the prophets and adorn the memorials of the righteous,  and you say, ‘If we had lived in the days of our ancestors, we would not have joined them in shedding the prophets’ blood.’ Thus you bear witness against yourselves that you are the children of those who murdered the prop...

A mazing possibilities await for us when we make ourselves available to God. The saints show us the way how to live and love and be available.  Reflection for Dynamic Catholic  Reading from USCCB.org Alleluia  HEBREWS 4:12  R.  Alleluia, alleluia. The word of God is living and effective, able to discern reflections and thoughts of the heart. R.  Alleluia, alleluia. Gospel  MT 23:23-26  Jesus said: “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites. You pay tithes of mint and dill and cummin, and have neglected the weightier things of the law: judgment and mercy and fidelity. But these you should have done, without neglecting the others. Blind guides, who strain out the gnat and swallow the camel!“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.” Memorial of S...

A mazing possibilities await us when me make ourselves available for God.  Reflections from Dynamic Catholic Readings for USCCB.org Alleluia  JN 1:49B  R.  Alleluia, alleluia. Rabbi, you are the Son of God; you are the King of Israel. R.  Alleluia, alleluia. Gospel  JN 1:45-51  Philip found Nathanael and told him, “We have found the one about whom Moses wrote in the law, and also the prophets, Jesus son of Joseph, from Nazareth.” But Nathanael said to him, “Can anything good come from Nazareth?” Philip said to him, “Come and see.” Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him and said of him, “Here is a true child of Israel. There is no duplicity in him.” Nathanael said to him, “How do you know me?”  Jesus answered and said to him, “Before Philip called you, I saw you under the fig tree.” Nathanael answered him, “Rabbi, you are the Son of God; you are the King of Israel.” Jesus answered and said to him, “Do you believe because I told you that I saw you un...

A mazing possibilities await us when we remain available for God. We only need be open. To be open create holy moments  Reflection from Dynamic Catholic Readings from USCCB.org Reading II  ROM 11:33-36  Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God!  How inscrutable are his judgments and how unsearchable his ways! For who has known the mind of the Lord or who has been his counselor? Or who has given the Lord anything that he may be repaid? For from him and through him and for him are all things.  To him be glory forever. Amen. Alleluia  MT 16:18  R.  Alleluia, alleluia. You are Peter and upon this rock I will build my Church and the gates of the netherworld shall not prevail against it. R.  Alleluia, alleluia. Gospel MT 16:13-20 Jesus went into the region of Caesarea Philippi and he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that the Son of Man is?” They replied, “Some say John the Baptist, others Elijah, still others Jeremiah or o...