You can read today’s scriptures for Wednesday of the 26th Week in Ordinary Time at this link.
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You can read today’s scriptures for Wednesday of the 26th Week in Ordinary Time at this link.
Read the scriptures for Tuesday of the 26th Week in Ordinary Time at this link.
The scripture readings for today, Monday of the 26th Week in Ordinary Time, Feast of St. Vincent de Paul, are online at this link.
I was back in my hometown of Timaru this weekend celebrating the Vigil Mass at Sacred Heart Basilica, a church I have known since my youth. Here is the homily I shared at the Mass for the 26th Sunday in Ordinary Time.
Read the scriptures for 26th Sunday in Ordinary Time at this link.
Scripture readings for today’s liturgy are at this link.
Read today’s scriptures for Friday of the 25th Week in Ordinary Time at this link.
Listen to the readings for today, Thursday of the 25th Week in Ordinary Time, at this link.
In this week’s Homily Studio Triona Doocey, John Kinder and Catherine Gibbs join John O’Connor to reflect on the scriptures of this coming Sunday 26th September 2021, the 26th Sunday in Ordinary Time. You can read these scriptures at this link.
Read the readings for Wednesday of the 25th Week in Ordinary Time at this link.
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