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  1st Sunday of Advent—November 27, 2016

  1st Sunday of Advent—November 27, 2016

  Happy New Year! If this strikes you as a bit premature, it isn't really because this Sunday marks the start of the new Church year. In the Catholic Church, the first Sunday of Advent is the beginning of the cycle of readings, holy days, and holidays for roughly the next 365 days. It's also the ti...

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  18th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year B)

  18th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year B)

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  September 13, 2020 - 24th Sunday in O...

  September 13, 2020 - 24th Sunday in O...

  Since most of us of us have trouble forgiving even once or twice, the standard set in today's Gospel is hard to comprehend. To help Peter, and us, understand that we are to forgive so much because we have been forgiven so much, Jesus tells the parable of the servant who owed a great debt to his m...