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Grace keeps us from worrying because worry deals with the past, while grace deals with the present and future. –Joyce Meyer

I’m an idealist. I don’t know where I’m going but I’m on the way. –Carl Sandburg

Matthew 13:1-16 1 That same day Jesus went out of the house and sat beside the sea. 2 Such great crowds gathered around him that he got into a boat and sat there, while the whole crowd stood on the beach. 3 And he told them many things in parables, saying: “Listen! A sower went…

[1] The same day went Jesus out of the house, and sat by the sea side. [2] And great multitudes were gathered together unto him, so that he went into a ship, and sat; and the whole multitude stood on the shore. [3] And he spake many things unto them in parables, saying, Behold, a…

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<a style="TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="javascript:avPlayer('http://websrvr40nj.audiovideoweb.com/avwebdsnjwebsrvr4453/catholiclectionary/08_04_28.mp3','Beliefnet presents today\'s lectionary reading fromthe United States Conference of Catholic Bishops’,’/imgs/avplayer/player_bibleaudiofeed.jpg’,’320′,’240′);”>Hear Today’s Lectionary Reading Reading I: Acts 16:11-15 Responsorial Psalm: 149:1b-2, 3-4, 5-6a and 9b Gospel Reading: John 15:26—16:4a To read the text for today’s reading, please click here. All audio of the Lectionary readings are used with permission by the…

Everything is permissible’–but not everything is beneficial. ‘Everything is permissible’–but not everything is constructive. –1 Corinthians 10:23

Anger or hatred is like a fisherman’s hook. It is very important for us to ensure that we are not caught by it. –The Dalai Lama

Luke 12:13-21 13 Someone in the crowd said to him, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the family inheritance with me.” 14 But he said to him, “Friend, who set me to be a judge or arbitrator over you?” 15 And he said to them, “Take care! Be on your guard against all kinds of…

[13] And one of the company said unto him, Master, speak to my brother, that he divide the inheritance with me. [14] And he said unto him, Man, who made me a judge or a divider over you? [15] And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man’s life consisteth…

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