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Tuesday of the Sixteenth Week in Ordinary Time: July 21 (Fr. Karl Esker, C.Ss.R.) 21.07.2026 4:54 ↓

Tuesday of the Sixteenth Week in Ordinary Time II July 21, 2026   Hello and welcome to the Word, bringing you the Good News of Jesus Christ every day from the Redemptorists of the Baltimore Province. I am Fr. Karl Esker from the Basilica of our Lady of Perpetual Help in Brooklyn, NY. Today is Tuesday of the Sixteenth Week in Ordinary Time. Today our reading is taken from the holy gospel according...

Thursday of the Fourteenth Week in Ordinary Time: July 9 (Fr. Kevin Mac Donald, C.Ss.R.) 09.07.2026 4:53 ↓

Today the Church recognizes the exceptional men, women, and even children who accepted the ultimate sacrifice for the Christian faith in China between the years of 1648 and 1930.    Their story could be said to have started in the 600’s when monks arrived in China from Syria. Unfortunately, these monks not only carried silk to be traded with the Chinese people, but also the Nestorian heresy which...

Miércoles de la XIV semana del Tiempo ordinario: 8 de Julio (P. Tomás "Martín" Deely, C.Ss.R.) 08.07.2026 7:40 ↓

SEMBRANDO JUSTICIA…CONSTRUYENDO EL REINO DE DIOS Hoy el Profeta Oseas dice esto a los israelitas: Siembren justicia y cosecharán misericordia. Entonces Jesús nos dice hoy: Vayan más bien en busca de las ovejas perdidas de la casa de Israel. Vayan y proclamen por el camino que ya se acerca el Reino de los cielos". Jesús sabe que la mejor forma de hacer llegar el reino de Dios es cuando sembramos ju...