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A reflection on the daily Mass readings for Wednesday of the twelfth week of Ordinary Time, July 6, 2016. Hosea 10:1-3, 7-8, 12Psalm 105:2-3, 4-5, 6-7The Holy Gospel according to Saint Matthew 10:1-7 Today is the Memorial for Saint Maria Goretti Maria Goretti was born to poor farm laborers in Corinaldo,Continue Reading

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In tomorrow’s reading we see the parable of the fig tree.  This sort of tree is a source of fruit, a source of nourishment for the world.  In the desert lands in which Jesus taught and journeyed it would have been seen as sustenance, life. The owner of the vineyard,Continue Reading

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In tomorrow’s Gospel we see this amazingly detailed parable that speaks of a vineyard that has been leased to tenants.  It’s easy for us to digest it just as the Pharisees did by placing each of the people mentioned in context of who Jesus was and who he was speakingContinue Reading