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Preface ix
First Sunday of Advent:
Waiting in Love 1
Second Sunday of Advent:
Anticipation 3
Third Sunday of Advent:
Joy and Gentleness 5
Fourth Sunday of Advent:
The Prophetic Word 7
The Nativity of the Lord:
The Only Son, God 9
Feast of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph:
The Family of God 11
Second Sunday after Christmas:
Adopted into the Family 13
The Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God:
Theotokos 15
The Epiphany of the Lord:
Super Star 17
The Baptism of the Lord:
Son of God 19
First Sunday of Lent:
Turn Back to God 21
Second Sunday of Lent:
Close Encounters 23
Third Sunday of Lent:
Repent or Perish 25
Fourth Sunday of Lent:
Lost and Found 27
Fifth Sunday of Lent:
The Life Offered 29
Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion:
Palm Reading 31
Easter Sunday:
Encountering Hope 33
Second Sunday of Easter:
A Shocking Love 35
Third Sunday of Easter:
Fish for Breakfast 37
Fourth Sunday of Easter:
The Great Multitude 39
Fifth Sunday of Easter:
Love without Ceasing 41
Sixth Sunday of Easter:
God’s Gift for All 43
The Ascension of the Lord:
Heaven-Sent 45
Seventh Sunday of Easter:
Jesus Is Lord 47
Pentecost Sunday:
Reborn in the Spirit 49
The Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity:
God in Relationship 51
The Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ:
The Food of Life 53
The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary:
Queen of Heaven 55
The Solemnity of All Saints:
What We Will Be 58
Second Sunday in Ordinary Time:
Wedding Party 60
Third Sunday in Ordinary Time:
Body Building 62
Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time:
Love Never Fails 64
Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time:
The Transformers 66
Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time:
The Dead Will Live 68
Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time:
The Spiritual Body 70
Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time:
Death Loses 72
Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time:
Servants and Slaves 74
Tenth Sunday in Ordinary Time:
Rise Up! 76
Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time:
A Woman Beloved by God 78
Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time:
The One I Look For 80
Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time:
Prophetic Values 82
Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time:
The Joy of Judgment 84
Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time:
Put It On My Account 86
Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time:
At Your Service 88
Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time:
The Innocent 90
Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time:
The Inheritance 92
Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time:
An Alert Faith 94
Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time:
The Flame of Truth 96
Twenty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time:
All the Nations 98
Twenty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time:
The City of the Living God 100
Twenty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time:
Do the Right Thing 102
Twenty-Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time:
Who’s Missing? 104
Twenty-Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time:
Commending Dishonesty 106
Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time:
Rich Man, Poor Man 108
Twenty-Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time:
A Little Faith 110
Twenty-Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time:
Becoming Clean 112
Twenty-Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time:
An Annoying Faith 114
Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time:
Tired of Sin 116
Thirty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time:
The Small Matter of Sin 118
Thirty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time:
The Living God 120
Thirty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time:
Life in the Balance 122
The Solemnity of Christ the King:
The True King 124
