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Gospel Reflections

OCTOBER 19, 2025 GOSPEL REFLECTION

Fr. Nick Baumgardner -
In any great story, the meaning of what happens at the beginning of the story is only fully revealed at the end of the...
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ST. JOHN DE BREBEUF & ST. ISAAC JOGUES

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MEMORIAL: OCTOBER 19 St. John de Brebeuf and St. Isaac Jogues were Jesuit missionaries of the 17th century, and with their companions are known as...
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ST. LUKE

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FEAST: OCTOBER 18 St. Luke is one of the four gospel writers, and he also wrote the Acts of the Apostles. He was a gentile...
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ST. IGNATIUS OF ANTIOCH

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MEMORIAL: OCTOBER 17 St. Ignatius was consecrated the Bishop of Antioch in Syria by St. Peter. Ignatious was a disciple of St. John, and he...
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ST. MARGARET MARY ALACOQUE

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MEMORIAL: OCTOBER 16 St. Margaret Mary Alacoque was born at the end of the 17th century in France. As an only child, she had a...
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ST. TERESA OF JESUS (AVILA)

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MEMORIAL: OCTOBER 15 St. Teresa lived in the 16th century during the protestant reformation. She grew up with a strict father who sent her to...
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POPE ST. CALLISTUS I

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MEMORIAL: OCTOBER 14 Callistus was born at the end of the second century in and was a slave of Christian in Rome. He was put...
Gospel Reflections

OCTOBER 12, 2025 GOSPEL REFLECTION

Isaac Summers -
In today’s gospel, we hear the parable of ten lepers who cry out to Jesus and ask Him to heal them. Jesus does not...
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ST. CARLO ACUTIS

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MEMORIAL: OCTOBER 12 St. Carlo Acutis was born in London to Italian parents on May 3, 1991, but Carlo’s family soon moved to Milan, Italy,...
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POPE ST. JOHN XXIII

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MEMORIAL: OCTOBER 11 Born to a poor Italian family in 1881, Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli was the fourth of fourteen children. He was ordained a priest...
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OUR LADY OF THE ROSARY

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MEMORIAL: OCTOBER 7 This feast was established in 1573 by Pope Pius the Fifth in gratitude for the naval victory of the Christians over the Turks...
Gospel Reflections

OCTOBER 5, 2025 GOSPEL REFLECTION

Fr. Cajetan Cuddy, O.P. -
In today’s Gospel, within the context of a discussion about faith, Our Lord explains what the dynamics of charity (i.e., supernatural love) look like...
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ST. FAUSTINA

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MEMORIAL: OCTOBER 5 St. Faustina was born to a poor family in Poland in 1905. As a young girl, she had a desire to enter...
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ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI

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MEMORIAL: OCTOBER 4 St. Francis of Assisi was born to a wealthy Italian merchant at the end of the 12th century. At a young age,...
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HOLY GUARDIAN ANGELS

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MEMORIAL: OCTOBER 2 The belief of angels assisting us on our journey to heaven has been a tradition that was handed on to us from...

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