A CATHOLIC MOMENT https://www.acatholic.org/ DAILY MASS READINGS AND REFLECTIONS @ ACATHOLIC.ORG Sun, 27 Sep 2026 20:33:12 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.6 https://www.acatholic.org/wp-content/uploads/Bible-and-Chalice-on-Altar-54b0b9a0v1_site_icon-1-325x300.jpg A CATHOLIC MOMENT https://www.acatholic.org/ 32 32 47025763 Wednesday, September 30 “Welcome Home” https://www.acatholic.org/wednesday-september-30-welcome-home/ https://www.acatholic.org/wednesday-september-30-welcome-home/#respond Tue, 29 Sep 2026 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.acatholic.org/?p=81683 Welcome Home! Picture by Shannon The Holy Spirit inspired our blog. I knew what happened this past weekend would have to be the topic of [...]

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]]> https://www.acatholic.org/wednesday-september-30-welcome-home/feed/ 0 81683 Monday of the 26th Week in Ordinary Time — Year A https://www.acatholic.org/monday-of-the-26th-week-in-ordinary-time-year-a/ https://www.acatholic.org/monday-of-the-26th-week-in-ordinary-time-year-a/#comments Sun, 27 Sep 2026 20:33:10 +0000 https://www.acatholic.org/?p=81660 The Gospel presents a very human struggle among the apostles: competition, ambition, and the desire to be the greatest. Jesus had just been teaching them [...]

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]]> https://www.acatholic.org/monday-of-the-26th-week-in-ordinary-time-year-a/feed/ 8 81660 September 27, 2026, Twenty-sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time. a reflection by Mark Gates. https://www.acatholic.org/september-27-2026-twenty-sixth-sunday-in-ordinary-time-a-reflection-by-mark-gates/ https://www.acatholic.org/september-27-2026-twenty-sixth-sunday-in-ordinary-time-a-reflection-by-mark-gates/#comments Sat, 26 Sep 2026 18:06:20 +0000 https://www.acatholic.org/?p=81679 First Reading: EZEKIAL 18:25-28,  Hear now, house of Israel: Is it my way that is unfair, or rather, are not your ways unfair? **When someone [...]

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]]> https://www.acatholic.org/september-27-2026-twenty-sixth-sunday-in-ordinary-time-a-reflection-by-mark-gates/feed/ 6 81679 Saturday September 26th, 2026: The bonfire of the vanities. Or, the scarecrow was on to something https://www.acatholic.org/saturday-september-26th-2026-the-bonfire-of-the-vanities-or-the-scarecrow-was-on-to-something/ https://www.acatholic.org/saturday-september-26th-2026-the-bonfire-of-the-vanities-or-the-scarecrow-was-on-to-something/#comments Fri, 25 Sep 2026 16:00:00 +0000 https://www.acatholic.org/?p=81611 Today’s Readings It is widely held that perhaps the greatest mind in history, or at least in the Catholic Church, was Saint Thomas Aquinas. St. [...]

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]]> https://www.acatholic.org/friday-september-25th-in-ordinary-time-2/feed/ 6 81668 Wednesday, September 23 The Kingdom of God is at hand https://www.acatholic.org/wednesday-september-23-the-kingdom-of-god-is-at-hand/ https://www.acatholic.org/wednesday-september-23-the-kingdom-of-god-is-at-hand/#comments Tue, 22 Sep 2026 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.acatholic.org/?p=81646 The Holy Spirit inspired our blog. Memorial of Saint Pius of Pietrelcina, Priest The Kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the [...]

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]]> https://www.acatholic.org/wednesday-september-23-the-kingdom-of-god-is-at-hand/feed/ 5 81646 Monday of the 25th Week of the Ordinary Time: Feast of Saint Matthew- I Desire Mercy, Not Sacrifice https://www.acatholic.org/monday-of-the-25th-week-of-the-ordinary-time-feast-of-saint-matthew-i-desire-mercy-not-sacrifice/ https://www.acatholic.org/monday-of-the-25th-week-of-the-ordinary-time-feast-of-saint-matthew-i-desire-mercy-not-sacrifice/#comments Sun, 20 Sep 2026 19:24:29 +0000 https://www.acatholic.org/?p=81626 My dear brothers and sisters in Christ,In today’s Gospel, Jesus says: “I desire mercy, not sacrifice.”Jesus is not telling us that sacrifice and religious practices [...]

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]]> https://www.acatholic.org/monday-of-the-25th-week-of-the-ordinary-time-feast-of-saint-matthew-i-desire-mercy-not-sacrifice/feed/ 5 81626 9.20.26, Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time.   “The last shall be first.”  a reflection by: MARK GATES https://www.acatholic.org/9-20-26-twenty-fifth-sunday-in-ordinary-time-the-last-shall-be-first-a-reflection-by-mark-gates/ https://www.acatholic.org/9-20-26-twenty-fifth-sunday-in-ordinary-time-the-last-shall-be-first-a-reflection-by-mark-gates/#comments Sat, 19 Sep 2026 15:54:00 +0000 https://www.acatholic.org/?p=81655 ***FIRST, there was enlightenment… Isaiah 55:6-9,  Seek the LORD while he may be found,  call him while he is near.  Let the scoundrel forsake his [...]

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