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04-15-24 Catholic Daily Mass Quotes

April 15, 2024 Jesus answered them (the crowd of followers) and said, “Amen, amen, I say to you, you are looking for me not because you saw signs but because you ate the loaves and were filled. Do not work … Continue reading

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11-25-23 Catholic Daily Mass Quotes

November 25, 2023 (St. Catherine of Alexandria, Virgin and Martyr) Jesus said to the disbelieving Pharisees who were questioning the resurrection of the dead, “The children of this age marry and remarry; but those who are deemed worthy to attain … Continue reading

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10-26-23 Catholic Daily Mass Quotes

October 26, 2023St. Paul wrote, Brothers and sisters: … just as you presented the parts of your bodies as slaves to impurity and to lawlessness for lawlessness, so now present them as slaves to righteousness for sanctification. For when you … Continue reading

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10-23-23 Catholic Daily Mass Quotes

October 23, 2023 (St. John of Capistrano, Priest) Jesus said to the crowd, “Take care to guard against all greed, for though one may be rich, one’s life does not consist of possessions.”  Lk_12:13-21 So hard to grasp.  So easy … Continue reading

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05-26-23 Catholic Daily Mass Quotes

May 26, 2023 (St. Philip Neri, Priest) After Jesus had revealed himself to his disciples and eaten breakfast with them, he said to Simon Peter, “Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these?”  Jn_21:15-19 How much do … Continue reading

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07-31-22 Catholic Daily Mass Quotes

July 31, 2022 (18th Sunday Ordinary Time, C) Jesus told a parable of a rich man who had more “stuff” than could fit in his barns.  “He said, ‘This is what I shall do: I shall tear down my barns … Continue reading

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07-12-21 Catholic Daily Mass Quotes

July 12, 2021 The Egyptians, then, dreaded the children of Israel and reduced them to cruel slavery, making life bitter for them with hard work in mortar and brick and all kinds of field work—the whole cruel fate of slaves.  … Continue reading

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02-10-21 Catholic Daily Mass Quotes

February 10, 2021 (St. Scholastica, Virgin) Jesus said, “Do you not realize that everything that goes into a person from outside cannot defile, since it enters not the heart but the stomach and passes out into the latrine.  But what … Continue reading

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02-05-21 Catholic Daily Mass Quotes

February 5, 2021 (St. Agatha, Virgin and Martyr) Let brotherly love continue.  Do not neglect hospitality, for through it some have unknowingly entertained angels. Be mindful of prisoners as if sharing their imprisonment, and of the ill-treated as of yourselves, … Continue reading

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08-18-20 Catholic Daily Mass Quotes

August 18, 2020 The word of the LORD came to me: Son of man, say to the prince of Tyre: Thus says the Lord GOD: Because you are haughty of heart, you say, “A god am I!  I occupy a … Continue reading

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06-28-20 Catholic Daily Mass Quotes

June 28, 2020 (13th Sunday of Ordinary Time, A) Brothers and sisters: Are you unaware that we who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? We were indeed buried with him through baptism into death, so that, … Continue reading

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07-15-19 Catholic Daily Mass Quotes

July 15, 2019 (St. Bonaventure, Bishop and Doctor of the Church) Jesus said to His disciples, “Whoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me, and whoever loves son or daughter more than me is not … Continue reading

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08-20-18 Catholic Daily Mass Quotes

August 20, 2018 (St. Bernard of Clairvaux, Abbot and Doctor of the Church) A young man approached Jesus and said, “Teacher, what good must I do to gain eternal life?” . . .   Jesus said to him, “If you wish … Continue reading

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06-23-18 Catholic Daily Mass Quotes

June 23, 2018 Jesus said to his disciples: “No one can serve two masters.  He will either hate one and love the other, or be devoted to one and despise the other.  You cannot serve God and mammon. . . … Continue reading

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05-24-18 Catholic Daily Mass Quotes

May 24, 2018 Come now, you rich, weep and wail over your impending miseries.  Jas_5:1-6 Blessed are the poor in spirit; the Kingdom of heaven is theirs!  Mt_5:3 Jesus said to his disciples:  “Whoever causes one of these little ones … Continue reading

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12-30-17 Catholic Daily Mass Quotes

December 30, 2017 St. John wrote, “the world and its enticement are passing away.  But whoever does the will of God remains forever.”  1_Jn_2:12-17 So we must be very careful which “bank” we place all our funding into.  One will … Continue reading

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10-23-17 Catholic Daily Mass Quotes

October 23, 2107 (St. John of Capistrano, Priest) Jesus said to the crowd, “Take care to guard against all greed, for though one may be rich, one’s life does not consist of possessions.”   Lk_12:13-21 In a life of poverty, it … Continue reading

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09-22-17 Catholic Daily Mass Quotes

September 22, 2017 “the love of money is the root of all evils, and some people in their desire for it have strayed from the faith and have pierced themselves with many pains. But you, man of God, avoid all … Continue reading

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08-21-17 Catholic Daily Mass Quotes

August 21, 2017 (St. Pius X, Pope) Jesus answered the rich man, “If you wish to enter into life, keep the commandments.” . . .  The young man said to him, “All of these I have observed. What do I … Continue reading

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02-26-17 Catholic Daily Mass Quotes

February 26, 2017 (8th Sunday Ordinary Time A) Jesus said to his disciples: “No one can serve two masters.  He will either hate one and love the other, or be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve … Continue reading

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10-12-16 Catholic Daily Mass Quotes

October 12, 2016 St. Paul wrote, Brothers and sisters: If you are guided by the Spirit, you are not under the law.  Now the works of the flesh are obvious: immorality, impurity, licentiousness, idolatry, sorcery, hatreds, rivalry, jealousy, outbursts of … Continue reading

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10-11-16 Catholic Daily Mass Quotes

October 11, 2016 Jesus said to the judgmental Pharisees, “as to what is within (you), give alms, and behold, everything will be clean for you.”  Lk_11:37-41 Where is our treasure, beloved?  Is it in our OCDedness?  Is it in our … Continue reading

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07-17-16 Catholic Daily Mass Quotes

July 17, 2016 (16th Sunday Ordinary Time C) Martha was hot and exhausted and the “to do list” was still endless.  As she pondered how she’d ever get it all done, she watched as her sister sat there doing nothing.  … Continue reading

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11-14-14 Catholic Daily Mass Quotes

November 14, 2014 St. John wrote, “. . I ask you, not as though I were writing a new commandment but the one we have had from the beginning:  Let us love one another.”   2 Jn 4-9 . . . … Continue reading

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09-24-13 Catholic Daily Mass Quotes

09-24-13 In the middle of an important sermon, Jesus learned that his mother and cousins were looking for him on the other side of a huge crowd.  He answered, “My mother and my brothers are those who hear the word … Continue reading

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