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NINTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME – YEAR A June 1, 2008 Catholic Homily/Sunday Reflection Readings: Dt 11:18. 26-28,32 / Rom 3:21-25, 28 / Mt 7:21-27 N.B. I am posting well in advance these reflections and homilies as I am not too sure I will have the time and the opportunity to do any posting from May 9 – June 3, 2008. Reading 1 ( Dt 11:18, 26-28, 32) Moses told the people, “Take these words of mine into your heart and soul. Bind them at your wrist as a sign, and let them be a pendant on your forehead. “I set before you here, this day, a blessing and a curse: a blessing for obeying the commandments of the LORD, your God, which I enjoin on you today; a curse if you do not obey the commandments of the LORD, your God, but turn aside from the way I ordain for you today, to follow other gods, whom you have not known.” Responsorial Psalm (Ps 31:2-3, 3-4, 17, 25) R. (3b) Lord, be my rock of safety. In you, O LORD, I take refuge; let me never be put to shame. In your justice rescue me, incline y...

SOLEMNITY OF MOST HOLY BODY & BLOOD OF THE LORD – YEAR A May 25, 2008 Reading 1 (Dt 8:2-3, 14b-16a) Moses said to the people: "Remember how for forty years now the LORD, your God, has directed all your journeying in the desert, so as to test you by affliction and find out whether or not it was your intention to keep his commandments. He therefore let you be afflicted with hunger, and then fed you with manna, a food unknown to you and your fathers, in order to show you that not by bread alone does one live, but by every word that comes forth from the mouth of the LORD. "Do not forget the LORD, your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, that place of slavery; who guided you through the vast and terrible desert with its saraph serpents and scorpions, its parched and waterless ground; who brought forth water for you from the flinty rock and fed you in the desert with manna, a food unknown to your fathers." Responsorial Psalm (Ps 147:12-13, 14-15, 19-20) R. (12)...

Solemnity of the Blessed Trinity May 18, 2008 Readings: Ex 34:4b-6,8-9 / 2 Cor 13:11-13 / Jn 3:16-18 Reading 1 (Ex 34:4b-6, 8-9) Early in the morning Moses went up Mount Sinai as the LORD had commanded him, taking along the two stone tablets. Having come down in a cloud, the LORD stood with Moses there and proclaimed his name, "LORD." Thus the LORD passed before him and cried out, "The LORD, the LORD, a merciful and gracious God, slow to anger and rich in kindness and fidelity." Moses at once bowed down to the ground in worship. Then he said, "If I find favor with you, O Lord, do come along in our company. This is indeed a stiff-necked people; yet pardon our wickedness and sins, and receive us as your own." Responsorial Psalm (Dn 3:52, 53, 54, 55, 56) R. Glory and praise for ever! Blessed are you, O Lord, the God of our fathers, praiseworthy and exalted above all forever; And blessed is your holy and glorious name, praiseworthy and exalted above all for...

Pentecost Sunday May 11, 2008 Readings: Acts 2:1-11 / 1 Cor 12:3b-7,12-13 /Jn 20:19-23 Reading 1 (Acts 2:1-11) When the time for Pentecost was fulfilled, they were all in one place together. And suddenly there came from the sky a noise like a strong driving wind, and it filled the entire house in which they were. Then there appeared to them tongues as of fire, which parted and came to rest on each one of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in different tongues, as the Spirit enabled them to proclaim. Now there were devout Jews from every nation under heaven staying in Jerusalem. At this sound, they gathered in a large crowd, but they were confused because each one heard them speaking in his own language. They were astounded, and in amazement they asked, “Are not all these people who are speaking Galileans? Then how does each of us hear them in his native language? We are Parthians, Medes, and Elamites, inhabitants of Mesopotamia,...