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"I also admonish and exhort the brothers that in their preaching their words be studied and chaste, useful and edifying to the people, telling them about vices and virtues, punishment and glory; and they ought to be brief, because the Lord kept his words brief when he was on earth." - Saint Francis of Assisi - Chapter IX, Approved Rule

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Monday – 21st Week in Ordinary Time – A – Feast of Saint Bartholomew, Apostle

Today we celebrate the feast of Saint Bartholomew, one of the 12 apostles, named explicitly in the apostolic lists of the Synoptic Gospels and in the Acts of the Apostles. Bartholomew is probably not his personal name, but a patronymic from the Aramaic Bartalmei, meaning son of Ptalmei. An ancient Christian tradition identifies him with Nathaniel, whom we meet in today's gospel, largely because Nathaniel is closely associated with Philip in John, while Bartholomew is associated with Philip in the synoptic lists.

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Lunedì – XXI Settimana del Tempo Ordinario – A – Festa di San Bartolomeo, Apostolo

Oggi celebriamo la festa di San Bartolomeo, uno dei dodici Apostoli. Un'antica tradizione cristiana lo identifica con Natanaele, che incontriamo nel Vangelo di oggi e che era originario di Cana di Galilea. All'inizio Natanaele appare scettico: «Da Nazaret può venire qualcosa di buono?» (Giovanni 1,46). Ma Gesù riconosce immediatamente la sincerità del suo cuore: «Ecco davvero un Israelita in cui non c'è falsità» (Giovanni 1,47).

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Sunday – 21st Week in Ordinary Time – A

My dear brothers and sisters in Christ, peace be with you. On this Sunday, the Lord gives us to understand the meaning of authority as he institutes it in the world. Whenever he gives authority to someone, we must always remember, especially through a Franciscan lens of understanding what authority means, that it will always entail service.

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Domenica – XXI Settimana del Tempo Ordinario – A

Miei cari fratelli e sorelle in Cristo, pace a voi. In questa domenica, il Signore ci aiuta a comprendere il significato dell'autorità. Ogni volta che Dio affida un'autorità a qualcuno, dobbiamo ricordare che essa comporta sempre il servizio. Se Dio dona autorità, è perché quella persona serva il suo popolo.

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Saturday – 20th Week in Ordinary Time – A – Memorial of The Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Today, we celebrate the beautiful memorial of the Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary. And this image of Our Lady who's crowned in Heaven as queen has deep Old Testament roots, especially once we understand how kingship worked in the Davidic kingdom. And the first reading fits beautifully because it announces the coming Davidic king. If Christ is the promised king, then the biblical pattern helps us understand why his mother is honoured as queen.

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Friday – 20th Week in Ordinary Time – A – Memorial of Saint Pius X, Pope

Today we celebrate the memorial of Saint Pope Pius the 10th, who lived at a time of enormous change, and who was born Giuseppe Sarto in 1835 into a poor family in northern Italy. He became pope in 1903 as Europe was being transformed by industrialization, secularism, political upheaval, and new intellectual currents that challenge the faith of many Catholics. Yet Pius X was never primarily a politician or an intellectual. He was, at heart, a pastor.

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Thursday – 20th Week in Ordinary Time – A – Memorial of Saint Bernard, Doctor of the Church

Today, we celebrate the memorial of Saint Bernard of Clairvaux, who was born in Burgundy, France, in 1090, and entered the Cistercian monastery of Citeaux as a young man, bringing with him a remarkable number of relatives and companions. Imagine that, usually an individual enters religious life on their own, knocking at the doorstep of one congregation or another. And yet St. Bernard arrives with his relatives and companions.

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Giovedì – XX Settimana del Tempo Ordinario – A – Memoria di San Bernardo, Abate e Dottore della Chiesa

Oggi celebriamo la memoria di San Bernardo di Chiaravalle, nato in Borgogna, in Francia, nel mille e novanta. Da giovane entrò nel monastero cistercense di Cîteaux, portando con sé un numero sorprendente di parenti e compagni. Nel mille cento quindici fu inviato a fondare un nuovo monastero a Chiaravalle, dove divenne abate e rimase per il resto della sua vita.

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Wednesday – 20th Week in Ordinary Time – A

My dear brothers and sisters in Christ, peace be with you. In today's readings during Holy Mass, there is a very strong thread running throughout all of them And that is that God entrusts His vineyard and His flock to us, not so that we may serve ourselves and our own interests, but so that we may labor for others and help bring them into his kingdom. The first reading emphasizes the responsibility. While the gospel emphasizes the labor. And the Psalm Psalm 23 reveals the model; God Himself is the Good Shepherd.

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