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Category: The Deep South

Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, and South Carolina, as well as northern Florida, eastern Tennessee, and parts of Arkansas

The First Reading from Mass today

Although all of the readings in the Masses are powerful, some days a reading or a group of them strike a chord with me. Today’s first reading – from the Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time – is one of those, and I’d like to share it. Isaiah 58:7-10 Thus says the LORD: Share your bread with the hungry, shelter the oppressed and the homeless; clothe the naked when you see them, and do not turn your back on your own. Then your light shall break forth like the dawn, and… Read more The First Reading from Mass today →