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You Are Not Your Own

On this Second Sunday of Ordinary Time, Tony discusses two very difficult but essential spiritual lessons that this weekend’s readings teach us, both of which are radically countercultural message. The first is, as St. Paul tells us in his First Letter to the Corinthians, we are not our own. The second follows from the first, when we live apart from God, our lives go to pieces.

Mass Readings:

Reading 1: 1 Samuel 3:3b-10, 19

Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 40:2, 4, 7-8, 8-9, 10

Reading 2: 1 Corinthians 6:13c-15a, 17-20

Gospel: John 1:35-42

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Hearing to See

In this reflection on the Fourth Sunday of Lent, Laetare Sunday, Tony Crescio highlights the central importance of attentive listening in the Christian life. Only when we heed Christ’s call to us do we become fully enlivened and allow His life to permeate us and spill over into the world, which is a great cause for rejoicing.

Mass Readings:

Reading 1: 1 Samuel 16:1b, 6-7, 10-13a

Psalm: Psalm 23:1-3a, 3b-4, 5, 6

Reading 2: Ephesians 5:8-14

Gospel: John 9:1-41