Tag: authority
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23rd Sunday in OT 2026 (Year A)
(Given at the 4 pm Saturday anticipatory Mass and the 7 am Sunday Mass at Ave Maria) There is much we can glean from our Gospel passage. Jesus, having given authority to Peter a few chapters earlier, now gives authority to the twelve apostles as a whole. Together with Peter,…
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25th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year C) 2025
(Given at the 8:30 and the 10:30 am Sunday Masses at OLP) I love our second reading from St. Paul this morning. He starts by asking his listeners to pray for everyone, and especially those in authority. Today, this includes politicians we may not agree with, even priests we may…