Best Msgr Don Fischer Podcasts (2025)

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PRI Reflection on Scripture | Friday of the 25th Week in Ordinary Time 5:49

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Gospel Luke 9:18-22 Once when Jesus was praying in solitude, and the disciples were with him, he asked them, “Who do the crowds say that I am?” They said in reply, “John the Baptist; others, Elijah; still others, ‘One of the ancient prophets has arisen.’” Then he said to them, “But who do you say that I am?” Peter said in reply, “The Christ of God.…

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PRI Reflection on Scripture | Thursday of the 25th Week in Ordinary Time 5:35

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Gospel Luke 9:7-9 Herod the tetrarch heard about all that was happening, and he was greatly perplexed because some were saying, "John has been raised from the dead"; others were saying, "Elijah has appeared"; still others, "One of the ancient prophets has arisen." But Herod said, "John I beheaded. Who then is this about whom I hear such things?" An…

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PRI Reflection on Scripture | Wednesday of the 25th Week in Ordinary Time 5:52

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Gospel Luke 9:1-6 Jesus summoned the Twelve and gave them power and authority over all demons and to cure diseases, and he sent them to proclaim the Kingdom of God and to heal the sick. He said to them, “Take nothing for the journey, neither walking stick, nor sack, nor food, nor money, and let no one take a second tunic. Whatever house you enter, …

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PRI Reflection on Scripture | Memorial of Saint Pius of Pietrelcina, Priest 5:52

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Gospel Luke 8:19-21 The mother of Jesus and his brothers came to him but were unable to join him because of the crowd. He was told, "Your mother and your brothers are standing outside and they wish to see you." He said to them in reply, "My mother and my brothers are those who hear the word of God and act on it." Reflection There are two passages i…

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PRI Reflection on Scripture | Monday of the 25th Week in Ordinary Time 5:49

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Gospel Luke 8:16-18 Jesus said to the crowd: "No one who lights a lamp conceals it with a vessel or sets it under a bed; rather, he places it on a lampstand so that those who enter may see the light. For there is nothing hidden that will not become visible, and nothing secret that will not be known and come to light. Take care, then, how you hear. …

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HOMILY • The 25th Sunday in Ordinary Time 28:38

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Originally aired on September 22, 2019 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Msgr. Don Fischer

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PRI Reflections on Scripture | Memorial of Saint Andrew Kim Tae-gŏn, Priest, and Paul Chŏng Ha-sang, and Companions, Martyrs 7:21

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Gospel Luke 8:4-15 When a large crowd gathered, with people from one town after another journeying to Jesus, he spoke in a parable. “A sower went out to sow his seed. And as he sowed, some seed fell on the path and was trampled, and the birds of the sky ate it up. Some seed fell on rocky ground, and when it grew, it withered for lack of moisture. S…

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PRI Reflections on Scripture | Friday of the 24th Week in Ordinary Time 5:41

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Gospel Luke 8:1-3 Jesus journeyed from one town and village to another, preaching and proclaiming the good news of the Kingdom of God. Accompanying him were the Twelve and some women who had been cured of evil spirits and infirmities, Mary, called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had gone out, Joanna, the wife of Herod's steward Chuza, Susanna, an…

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PRI Reflections on Scripture | Thursday of the 24th Week in Ordinary Time 7:27

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Gospel Luke 7:36-50 A certain Pharisee invited Jesus to dine with him, and he entered the Pharisee's house and reclined at table. Now there was a sinful woman in the city who learned that he was at table in the house of the Pharisee. Bringing an alabaster flask of ointment, she stood behind him at his feet weeping and began to bathe his feet with h…

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PRI Reflections on Scripture | Wednesday of the 24th Week in Ordinary Time 6:01

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Gospel Luke 7:31-35 Jesus said to the crowds: "To what shall I compare the people of this generation? What are they like? They are like children who sit in the marketplace and call to one another, 'We played the flute for you, but you did not dance. We sang a dirge, but you did not weep.' For John the Baptist came neither eating food nor drinking w…

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PRI Reflections on Scripture | Memorial of Saints Cornelius, Pope, and Cyprian, Bishop, Martyrs 6:17

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Gospel Luke 7:11-17 Jesus journeyed to a city called Nain, and his disciples and a large crowd accompanied him. As he drew near to the gate of the city, a man who had died was being carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow. A large crowd from the city was with her. When the Lord saw her, he was moved with pity for her and said t…

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PRI Reflections on Scripture | Memorial of Our Lady of Sorrows 5:21

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Gospel Luke 2:33-35 Jesus' father and mother were amazed at what was said about him; and Simeon blessed them and said to Mary his mother, "Behold, this child is destined for the fall and rise of many in Israel, and to be a sign that will be contradicted and you yourself a sword will pierce so that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed.” Refle…

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HOMILY • Exaltation of the Holy Cross 23:00

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Originally aired on September 14, 2014. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Msgr. Don Fischer

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PRI Reflections on Scripture | Memorial of Saint John Chrysostom, Bishop and Doctor of the Church 6:47

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Gospel Luke 6:43-49 Jesus said to his disciples: "A good tree does not bear rotten fruit, nor does a rotten tree bear good fruit. For every tree is known by its own fruit. For people do not pick figs from thornbushes, nor do they gather grapes from brambles. A good person out of the store of goodness in his heart produces good, but an evil person o…

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PRI Reflections on Scripture | Friday of the 23rd Week in Ordinary Time 5:56

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Gospel Luke 6:39-42 Jesus told his disciples a parable: “Can a blind person guide a blind person? Will not both fall into a pit? No disciple is superior to the teacher; but when fully trained, every disciple will be like his teacher. Why do you notice the splinter in your brother’s eye, but do not perceive the wooden beam in your own? How can you s…

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PRI Reflections on Scripture | Thursday of the 23rd Week in Ordinary Time 7:27

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Gospel Luke 6:27-38 Jesus said to his disciples: "To you who hear I say, love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you. To the person who strikes you on one cheek, offer the other one as well, and from the person who takes your cloak, do not withhold even your tunic. Give to everyone wh…

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PRI Reflections on Scripture | Wednesday of the 23rd Week in Ordinary Time 6:20

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Gospel Luke 6:20-26 Raising his eyes toward his disciples Jesus said: "Blessed are you who are poor, for the Kingdom of God is yours. Blessed are you who are now hungry, for you will be satisfied. Blessed are you who are now weeping, for you will laugh. Blessed are you when people hate you, and when they exclude and insult you, and denounce your na…

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PRI Reflections on Scripture | Memorial of Saint Peter Claver, Priest 6:47

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Gospel Luke 6:12-19 Jesus departed to the mountain to pray, and he spent the night in prayer to God. When day came, he called his disciples to himself, and from them he chose Twelve, whom he also named Apostles: Simon, whom he named Peter, and his brother Andrew, James, John, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus, Simon wh…

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PRI Reflections on Scripture | Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary 6:12

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Gospel Matthew 1:18-23 This is how the birth of Jesus Christ came about. When his mother Mary was betrothed to Joseph, but before they lived together, she was found with child through the Holy Spirit. Joseph her husband, since he was a righteous man, yet unwilling to expose her to shame, decided to divorce her quietly. Such was his intention when, …

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HOMILY • The 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time 28:04

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Originally aired on September 8, 2019. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Msgr. Don Fischer

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PRI Reflections on Scripture | Saturday of the 22nd Week in Ordinary Time 5:49

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Gospel Luke 6:1-5 While Jesus was going through a field of grain on a sabbath, his disciples were picking the heads of grain, rubbing them in their hands, and eating them. Some Pharisees said, “Why are you doing what is unlawful on the sabbath?” Jesus said to them in reply, “Have you not read what David did when he and those who were with him were …

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PRI Reflections on Scripture | Friday of the 22nd Week in Ordinary Time 6:36

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Gospel Luke 5:33-39 The scribes and Pharisees said to Jesus, "The disciples of John the Baptist fast often and offer prayers, and the disciples of the Pharisees do the same; but yours eat and drink." Jesus answered them, "Can you make the wedding guests fast while the bridegroom is with them? But the days will come, and when the bridegroom is taken…

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PRI Reflections on Scripture | Thursday of the 22nd Week in Ordinary Time 7:02

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Gospel Luke 5:1-11 While the crowd was pressing in on Jesus and listening to the word of God, he was standing by the Lake of Gennesaret. He saw two boats there alongside the lake; the fishermen had disembarked and were washing their nets. Getting into one of the boats, the one belonging to Simon, he asked him to put out a short distance from the sh…

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PRI Reflections on Scripture | Memorial of Saint Gregory the Great, Pope and Doctor of the Church 6:24

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Gospel Luke 4:38-44 After Jesus left the synagogue, he entered the house of Simon. Simon's mother-in-law was afflicted with a severe fever, and they interceded with him about her. He stood over her, rebuked the fever, and it left her. She got up immediately and waited on them. At sunset, all who had people sick with various diseases brought them to…

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PRI Reflections on Scripture | Tuesday of the 22nd Week in Ordinary Time 6:02

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Gospel Luke 4:31-37 Jesus went down to Capernaum, a town of Galilee. He taught them on the sabbath, and they were astonished at his teaching because he spoke with authority. In the synagogue there was a man with the spirit of an unclean demon, and he cried out in a loud voice, "What have you to do with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destro…

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PRI Reflections on Scripture | Monday of the 22nd Week in Ordinary Time 7:35

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Gospel Matthew 19:16-22 Jesus came to Nazareth, where he had grown up, and went according to his custom into the synagogue on the sabbath day. He stood up to read and was handed a scroll of the prophet Isaiah. He unrolled the scroll and found the passage where it was written: The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to bring gl…

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HOMILY • The 22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time 28:26

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Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Msgr. Don Fischer

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PRI Reflections on Scripture | Saturday of the 21st Week in Ordinary Time 8:36

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Gospel Matthew 25:14-30 Jesus told his disciples this parable: "A man going on a journey called in his servants and entrusted his possessions to them. To one he gave five talents; to another, two; to a third, one– to each according to his ability. Then he went away. Immediately the one who received five talents went and traded with them, and made a…

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PRI Reflections on Scripture | Memorial of the Passion of Saint John the Baptist 7:47

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Gospel Mark 6:17-29 Herod was the one who had John the Baptist arrested and bound in prison on account of Herodias, the wife of his brother Philip, whom he had married. John had said to Herod, “It is not lawful for you to have your brother’s wife.” Herodias harbored a grudge against him and wanted to kill him but was unable to do so. Herod feared J…

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PRI Reflections on Scripture | Memorial of Saint Augustine, Bishop and Doctor of the Church 6:36

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Gospel Matthew 24:42-51 Jesus said to his disciples: "Stay awake! For you do not know on which day your Lord will come. Be sure of this: if the master of the house had known the hour of night when the thief was coming, he would have stayed awake and not let his house be broken into. So too, you also must be prepared, for at an hour you do not expec…

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PRI Reflections on Scripture | Memorial of Saint Monica 6:08

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Gospel Matthew 23:27-32 Jesus said, "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites. You are like whitewashed tombs, which appear beautiful on the outside, but inside are full of dead men's bones and every kind of filth. Even so, on the outside you appear righteous, but inside you are filled with hypocrisy and evildoing. "Woe to you, scribes and…

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PRI Reflections on Scripture | Tuesday of the 21st Week in Ordinary Time 6:20

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Gospel Matthew 23:23-26 Jesus said: “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites. You pay tithes of mint and dill and cummin, and have neglected the weightier things of the law: judgment and mercy and fidelity. But these you should have done, without neglecting the others. Blind guides, who strain out the gnat and swallow the camel! “Woe to y…

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PRI Reflections on Scripture | Monday of the 21st Week in Ordinary Time 6:52

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Gospel Matthew 23:13-22 Jesus said to the crowds and to his disciples: “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites. You lock the Kingdom of heaven before men. You do not enter yourselves, nor do you allow entrance to those trying to enter. “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites. You traverse sea and land to make one convert, and …

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HOMILY • The 21st Sunday in Ordinary Time 25:38

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Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Msgr. Don Fischer

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PRI Reflections on Scripture | Saturday of the 20th Week in Ordinary Time 7:02

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Gospel Matthew 23:1-12 Jesus spoke to the crowds and to his disciples, saying, "The scribes and the Pharisees have taken their seat on the chair of Moses. Therefore, do and observe all things whatsoever they tell you, but do not follow their example. For they preach but they do not practice. They tie up heavy burdens hard to carry and lay them on p…

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PRI Reflections on Scripture | Memorial of the Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary 5:59

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Gospel Matthew 22:34-40 When the Pharisees heard that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together, and one of them, a scholar of the law, tested him by asking, "Teacher, which commandment in the law is the greatest?" He said to him, "You shall love the Lord, your God, with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind. Thi…

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PRI Reflections on Scripture | Memorial of Saint Pius X, Pope 7:44

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Gospel Matthew 22:1-14 Jesus again in reply spoke to the chief priests and the elders of the people in parables saying, “The Kingdom of heaven may be likened to a king who gave a wedding feast for his son. He dispatched his servants to summon the invited guests to the feast, but they refused to come. A second time he sent other servants, saying, ‘T…

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PRI Reflections on Scripture | Memorial of Saint Bernard, Abbot and Doctor of the Church 7:25

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Gospel Matthew 20:1-16 Jesus told his disciples this parable: "The Kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out at dawn to hire laborers for his vineyard. After agreeing with them for the usual daily wage, he sent them into his vineyard. Going out about nine o'clock, he saw others standing idle in the marketplace, and he said to them, 'You to…

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PRI Reflections on Scripture | Tuesday of the 20th Week in Ordinary Time 6:41

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Gospel Matthew 19:23-30 Jesus said to his disciples: “Amen, I say to you, it will be hard for one who is rich to enter the Kingdom of heaven. Again I say to you, it is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for one who is rich to enter the Kingdom of God.” When the disciples heard this, they were greatly astonished and said, “W…

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PRI Reflections on Scripture | Monday of the 20th Week in Ordinary Time 6:35

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Gospel Matthew 19:16-22 A young man approached Jesus and said, “Teacher, what good must I do to gain eternal life?” He answered him, “Why do you ask me about the good? There is only One who is good. If you wish to enter into life, keep the commandments.” He asked him, “Which ones?” And Jesus replied, “You shall not kill; you shall not commit adulte…

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HOMILY • The 20th Sunday in Ordinary Time 27:15

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Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Msgr. Don Fischer

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PRI Reflections on Scripture | Saturday of the 19th Week in Ordinary Time 5:47

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Gospel Matthew 19:13-15 Children were brought to Jesus that he might lay his hands on them and pray. The disciples rebuked them, but Jesus said, "Let the children come to me, and do not prevent them; for the Kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these." After he placed his hands on them, he went away. Reflection There's something so powerful about g…

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PRI Reflections on Scripture | Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary 7:20

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Gospel Luke 1:39-56 Mary set out and traveled to the hill country in haste to a town of Judah, where she entered the house of Zechariah and greeted Elizabeth. When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the infant leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth, filled with the Holy Spirit, cried out in a loud voice and said, “Blessed are you among women, and blessed …

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PRI Reflections on Scripture | Memorial of Saint Maximilian Kolbe, Priest and Martyr 7:45

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Gospel Matthew 18:21–19:1 Peter approached Jesus and asked him, "Lord, if my brother sins against me, how often must I forgive him? As many as seven times?" Jesus answered, "I say to you, not seven times but seventy-seven times. That is why the Kingdom of heaven may be likened to a king who decided to settle accounts with his servants. When he bega…

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PRI Reflections on Scripture | Wednesday of the 19th Week in Ordinary Time 6:43

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Gospel Matthew 18:15-20 Jesus said to his disciples: "If your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have won over your brother. If he does not listen, take one or two others along with you, so that every fact may be established on the testimony of two or three witnesses. If he refus…

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PRI Reflections on Scripture | Tuesday of the 19th Week in Ordinary Time 6:17

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Gospel Matthew 18:1-5, 10, 12-14 The disciples approached Jesus and said, "Who is the greatest in the Kingdom of heaven?" He called a child over, placed it in their midst, and said, "Amen, I say to you, unless you turn and become like children, you will not enter the Kingdom of heaven. Whoever becomes humble like this child is the greatest in the K…

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PRI Reflections on Scripture | Memorial of Saint Clare, Virgin 6:22

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Gospel Matthew 17:22-27 As Jesus and his disciples were gathering in Galilee, Jesus said to them, "The Son of Man is to be handed over to men, and they will kill him, and he will be raised on the third day." And they were overwhelmed with grief. When they came to Capernaum, the collectors of the temple tax approached Peter and said, "Does not your …

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HOMILY • The 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time 28:00

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Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Msgr. Don Fischer

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PRI Reflections on Scripture | Saturday of the 18th Week in Ordinary Time 7:14

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Gospel Matthew 17:14-20 A man came up to Jesus, knelt down before him, and said, "Lord, have pity on my son, who is a lunatic and suffers severely; often he falls into fire, and often into water. I brought him to your disciples, but they could not cure him." Jesus said in reply, "O faithless and perverse generation, how long will I be with you? How…

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PRI Reflections on Scripture | Memorial of Saint Dominic, Priest 6:39

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Gospel Matthew 16:24-28 Jesus said to his disciples, "Whoever wishes to come after me must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me. For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it. What profit would there be for one to gain the whole world and forfeit his life? Or what can one give in exc…