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Ambition, Service And Glory

Ambition, glory and honor - is the desire for these things evil. Jesus doesn't say that. Instead, to be ambitious in service, to be the least of all and the servant of all, this is ambition, glory and honor in God's eyes.
""You know that those who are recognized as rulers over the Gentiles
lord it over them,
and their great ones make their authority over them felt.
But it shall not be so among you.
Rather, whoever wishes to be great among you will be your servant;
whoever wishes to be first among you will be the slave of all.
For the Son of Man did not come to be served
but to serve and to give his life as a ransom for many." Mark 10
Readings for the 29th Sunday in OT: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/102024.cfm
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Prudence, Money And Wisdom

Prudence is good judgment expressed in the choices you make. The grace of prudence is to choose wisely about matters eternal. In this week's OVC, the Lord teaches this lesson to a wealthy young man.
"I prayed, and prudence was given me;
I pleaded, and the spirit of wisdom came to me.
I preferred her to scepter and throne,
and deemed riches nothing in comparison with her,
nor did I liken any priceless gem to her;
because all gold, in view of her, is a little sand,
and before her, silver is to be accounted mire.
Beyond health and comeliness I loved her,
and I chose to have her rather than the light,
because the splendor of her never yields to sleep.
Yet all good things together came to me in her company,
and countless riches at her hands." Wisdom 7
Readings: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/101324.cfm
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Marriage, Divorce, Annulment And The Single Life

"But from the beginning of creation, God made them male and female.
For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother
and be joined to his wife,
and the two shall become one flesh." Mark 10.
This week, Jesus on Marriage and Divorce on OVC.
Art: Marriage Contract: Late Period, 380–343 B.C. Dating to the 30th Dynasty, just before the conquest of the Persian Empire and hence of Egypt by Alexander the Great, this papyrus records a marriage contract. It is written in Demotic, which refers both to the language itself (a late form of Egyptian) and to the script.
Readings: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/100624.cfm
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Priesthood Sunday- Can You Trust God?

My Sunday homily on vocation to the priesthood.

Tatoos And Parker’s Back By Flannery O’Connor

For some people tatoos are personal expressions, windows to the soul. Can you recognize someone's true self through a tattoo? Flannery O'Connor says yes! Tatoos are subjective expressions of the human interior life. Sacraments are visible expressions of the reality of divine life. This week on OVC.
Readings: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/092224.cfm
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A Discipleship Refresher Course

God's love is unconditional. Discipleship is not. "You believe that God is one. You do well. Even the demons believe that and tremble." James 2: 19 What are the conditions of discipleship? Listen this week to OVC.
Readings: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/091524.cfm
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Levitation, Bilocation, Apparitions, The Demonic- Impossible?

Supernatural events both holy and demonic. What to do about them? The Vatican has some new instructions, this week on OVC.
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Eucharist- In My Weakness I Find God’s power

The Eucharist and the power of God. "Therefore, that I might not become too elated, a thorn in the flesh was given to me, an angel of Satan, to beat me, to keep me from being too elated.Three times I begged the Lord about this, that it might leave me, but he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for power is made perfect in weakness.” I will rather boast most gladly of my weaknesses, in order that the power of Christ may dwell with me. Therefore, I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and constraints, for the sake of Christ: for when I am weak, then I am strong." 2 Cor. 12:9. Power in our weakness, John 6, this week on OVC.
Readings for the 21st Sunday in Ordinary Time: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/082524.cfm
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From Lesser To Greater - The Eucharist

Fr. John' homily for the 20th Sunday of Ordinary Time on the real presence of Christ in the Eucharist.
Readings: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/081824.cfm
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St. Mark teens and Steubenville West podcast

Learn about the teen experience of the Steubenville West retreat.