Mary Ortman - A Catholic Moment Author https://www.acatholic.org/author/maryortwein/ DAILY MASS READINGS AND REFLECTIONS @ ACATHOLIC.ORG Sat, 27 Jul 2024 20:02:25 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.acatholic.org/wp-content/uploads/Bible-and-Chalice-on-Altar-54b0b9a0v1_site_icon-1-325x300.jpg Mary Ortman - A Catholic Moment Author https://www.acatholic.org/author/maryortwein/ 32 32 47025763 Cycle B 16th Sunday Satisfying the Hungry Heart https://www.acatholic.org/cycle-b-16th-sunday-satisfying-the-hungry-heart/ https://www.acatholic.org/cycle-b-16th-sunday-satisfying-the-hungry-heart/#comments Sat, 27 Jul 2024 19:56:28 +0000 https://www.acatholic.org/?p=78172 “You satisfy the hungry heart, with gift of finest wheat” was the theme song of the International Eucharistic Conference in Philadelphia in 1976.  I’ve loved [...]

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]]> https://www.acatholic.org/cycle-b-16th-sunday-satisfying-the-hungry-heart/feed/ 21 78172 Cycle B 16th Ordinary Sunday Shepherd School https://www.acatholic.org/cycle-b-16th-ordinary-sunday-shepherd-school/ https://www.acatholic.org/cycle-b-16th-ordinary-sunday-shepherd-school/#comments Sat, 20 Jul 2024 16:00:44 +0000 https://www.acatholic.org/?p=78125 This is a favorite picture of mine.  I’ve used it numerous times in the ten years I have written for A Catholic Moment.  I love [...]

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]]> https://www.acatholic.org/cycle-b-16th-ordinary-sunday-shepherd-school/feed/ 14 78125 Cycle B 15th Sunday Ordinary Time 2 by 2 https://www.acatholic.org/cycle-b-15th-sunday-ordinary-time-2-by-2/ https://www.acatholic.org/cycle-b-15th-sunday-ordinary-time-2-by-2/#comments Sat, 13 Jul 2024 17:15:08 +0000 https://www.acatholic.org/?p=78098 In today’s Gospel, Jesus sends the chosen twelve disciples out two by two to do what he has been doing for maybe 3-4 months.  It [...]

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]]> https://www.acatholic.org/cycle-b-15th-sunday-ordinary-time-2-by-2/feed/ 5 78098 Cycle B, 14th Sunday Ordinary Time AMAZED! https://www.acatholic.org/cycle-b-14th-sunday-ordinary-time-amazed/ https://www.acatholic.org/cycle-b-14th-sunday-ordinary-time-amazed/#comments Sat, 06 Jul 2024 16:00:32 +0000 https://www.acatholic.org/?p=78065 How do you respond to rejection?  How do you manage fear of rejection?  As a family therapist for more than thirty years, I can tell [...]

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]]> https://www.acatholic.org/cycle-b-14th-sunday-ordinary-time-amazed/feed/ 3 78065 Cycle B 13th Sunday Ordinary Time Faith https://www.acatholic.org/cycle-b-13th-sunday-ordinary-time-faith/ https://www.acatholic.org/cycle-b-13th-sunday-ordinary-time-faith/#comments Sat, 29 Jun 2024 16:14:10 +0000 https://www.acatholic.org/?p=78032 Today’s reflection is an Ignatian meditation.  In an Ignatian meditation, while in prayer you imagine yourself in a Scripture story.  While you are in the [...]

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]]> https://www.acatholic.org/cycle-b-13th-sunday-ordinary-time-faith/feed/ 4 78032 Cycle B 12th Sunday Ordinary Time Waves and Worries https://www.acatholic.org/cycle-b-12th-sunday-ordinary-time-waves-and-worries/ https://www.acatholic.org/cycle-b-12th-sunday-ordinary-time-waves-and-worries/#comments Sat, 22 Jun 2024 16:17:25 +0000 https://www.acatholic.org/?p=77992 When my husband and I were first married, we lived in Oceanview, Virginia.  He was serving his last tour of duty as a Vietnam era [...]

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]]> https://www.acatholic.org/cycle-b-12th-sunday-ordinary-time-waves-and-worries/feed/ 4 77992 Cycle B 11th Sunday Ordinary Time Of Seeds and Saplings https://www.acatholic.org/cycle-b-11th-sunday-ordinary-time-of-seeds-and-saplings/ https://www.acatholic.org/cycle-b-11th-sunday-ordinary-time-of-seeds-and-saplings/#comments Sat, 15 Jun 2024 22:45:39 +0000 https://www.acatholic.org/?p=77959 It was early May, 1966. I was a senior in high school.  But instead of thinking about graduation or college, I was thinking about my [...]

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]]> https://www.acatholic.org/cycle-b-11th-sunday-ordinary-time-of-seeds-and-saplings/feed/ 5 77959 Cycle B 10th Ordinary Sunday Blasphemy Against the Holy Spirit https://www.acatholic.org/cycle-b-10th-ordinary-sunday-blasphemy-against-the-holy-spirit/ https://www.acatholic.org/cycle-b-10th-ordinary-sunday-blasphemy-against-the-holy-spirit/#comments Sat, 08 Jun 2024 16:00:35 +0000 https://www.acatholic.org/?p=77928 Perhaps you have heard this:  “Lord, I thank you that you have protected me from all sin today.  I have not gossiped or lied or [...]

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