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Ordinary Time

For a large part of the liturgical year, we devote ourselves to listening to the mystery of Christ in all its aspects unfolded as we seek God's truth and understanding.

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Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Reading I : Sirach 27:4-7

Praise no one before he speaks.

  • One’s faults show when we are shaken.
  • Tribulation is the test of the just.
  • One’s speech discloses the bent of one’s heart.

Reading II : 1 Corinthians 15:54-58

God gives us victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

  • Death will never be victorious.
  • God gave us victory over sin and death through Jesus Christ.
  • Be devoted to the work of the Lord.

Gospel : Luke 6:39-45

From the fullness of the heart the mouth speaks.

  • Why do you notice the splinter in your brother’s eye, but not the wooden beam in your own eye?
  • A good tree does not bear rotten fruit, nor a rotten tree bear good fruit.
  • Every tree is known by its own fruit. What fruit do I bear?