The following are homilies, images, clipart, videos, toon and multimedia slides you might find useful for your celebration of the Fourth Sunday of Lent (Year C). In this Sunday's Gospel, Jesus tells a parable of a man who has two sons. The younger son demands his share of his inheritance and goes off to squander all his money to the point that he has to take work as a swineherd. When he comes to his senses he decides to return home. Upon his arrival, his father greets him with open arms.
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The following are homilies, images, clipart, video, toon and multimedia slides you might find useful for your celebration of the Third Sunday of Lent (Year C). In this Sunday's Gospel, Jesus told a parable about a person who had a fig tree planted in his orchard. Seeing that it hasn't borne fruit, the owner said to the gardener to cut the tree down. But the gardener asked the owner to leave the tree for a year and give it a chance to bear fruit.
READINGS
FIRST READING: Ex 3:1-8a, 13-15
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The following are homilies, images, clipart, video, toon and multimedia slides you might find useful for your celebration of the Second Sunday of Lent (Year C). In this Sunday's Gospel, Jesus took Peter, John, and James and went up the mountain to pray. While Jesus was praying his face changed in appearance and his clothing became dazzling white. And a voice from the cloud said, “This is my chosen Son; listen to him.”
READINGS
FIRST READING: Gn 15:5-12, 17-18
PSALM: Ps 27:1, 7-8, 8-9, 1...
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The following are homilies, images, clipart, video, toon and multimedia slides you might find useful for your celebration of the First Sunday of Lent (Year C). In this Sunday's Gospel, Jesus fasted forty days and forty nights in the wilderness. Then the devil appeared to Jesus and tempted him. Jesus refused each temptation and once the temptations were over, the devil departed.
READINGS
FIRST READING: Dt 26:4-10
PSALM: Ps 91:1-2, 10-11, 12-13, 14-15
SECOND READING: Rom 10:8-13
GOSPEL: Lk ...
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The following are homilies, images, clipart, multimedia slides and video you might find useful for your celebration of the Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year C). In this Sunday's Gospel, Jesus came down with the twelve and a large number of the people and proclaimed the beatitudes to them. The word "beatitude" comes from the Latin "beatus" and means "blessed" or "happy".
READINGS
FIRST READING: Jer 17:5-8
PSALM: Ps 1:1-2, 3, 4 and 6
SECOND READING: 1 Cor 15:12, 16-20
GOSPEL: Lk 6:17, 20-...
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The following are homilies, images, clipart, multimedia slides and video you might find useful for your celebration of the Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year C). This Sunday's Gospel tells us that Jesus performs the miracle of the great catch of fish and admonishes his first disciples to become fishers of men. And when James, John and Simon had brought their boats to land, they left everything and followed him.
READINGS
FIRST READING: Is 6:1-2a, 3-8
PSALM: Ps 138:1-2, 2-3, 4-5, 7-8
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The following are homilies, images, clipart, multimedia slides and video you might find useful for your celebration of the Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year C). This Sunday's Gospel tells us that Jesus declares, "Today this scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing." But those who heard Him rose up and led Him to the brow of the hill that they might throw Him down headlong. But passing through the midst of them Jesus went away.
READINGS
FIRST READING: Jer 1:4-5, 17-19
PSALM: Ps 71:1-...
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The following are homilies, photos, clipart, multimedia slides and videos you might find useful for your celebration of the Third Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year C). This Sunday's Gospel tells us that Jesus came to bring glad tidings to the poor, liberation to captives, new sight to the blind, freedom to the oppressed and to proclaim a year of favor.
READINGS
FIRST READING: Neh 8:2-4a, 5-6, 8-10
PSALM: Ps 19:8, 9, 10, 15
SECOND READING: 1 Cor 12:12-30 or 12:12-14, 27
GOSPEL: Lk 1:1-4; 4:14...
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The following are homilies, photos, multimedia slides and videos you might find useful for your celebration of the Second Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year C). This Sunday's Gospel tells the story of the first miracle of Jesus in the Gospel of John. While Jesus was attending a wedding in Cana with His disciples He turned water into wine. Jesus performed the miracle to reveal His glory and that His disciples may put their faith in Him.
READINGS
FIRST READING: Is 62:1-5
PSALM: Ps 96:1-2, 2-3, 7-8...
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The following are homilies, photos, multimedia slides and videos you might find useful for your celebration of the Feast of the Lord's Baptism (Year C). This Feast commemorates the baptism of Jesus in the Jordan River by John the Baptist. It is observed on the first Sunday after Epiphany and it brings to an end the season of Christmas.
READINGS
FIRST READING: Is 42:1-4, 6-7 or Is 40:1-5, 9-11
PSALM: Ps 29:1-2, 3-4, 3, 9-10
SECOND READING: Acts 10:34-38 or Ti 2:11-14; 3:4-7
GOSPEL: Lk 3:...
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