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Solemnity of Christ the King (Year A) | 26th November 2017

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33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year A) | 19 November 2017 (English)

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32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year A) | 12 November 2017 (English)

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32nd Sunday A November 12, 2017 WAITING PRUDENTLY; WATCHING PROVIDENTLY Prudent and provident watching in hope characterize the tenor of today's liturgy, as we approach the end of the Church year. Endings sometimes lead us to be less careful, less prudent, less attentive to details, and less concerned with the finer elements of procedures and processes. Endings somehow make us a bit lackadaisical. At times, the thought that something will soon end can lead us to cut corners and throw all caution to the winds. "Let's just get it over and done with," is a phrase that is often heard from people who have loosened their grip on things when the vitality of the beginning has worn off. But the dying moments of a game, as every athlete knows, are a critical time. These ending moments are a make or break situation. One simply cannot discount the last waning seconds. Anybody doing anything worthwhile as competing - and waiting for something of momentous importance,