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July 30 – August 5 – 17th week Ordinary Time
Exploring rest, reality, renewal, and responsibility. Leviticus and Numbers reveal a God who speaks honestly, expects struggle, and offers second chances. Ecclesiastes reminds us that meaning isn’t in legacy, but in presence. Nothing is lost—there’s always space to begin again.
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War makes the World sick, literally
Ukraine’s war introduced antibiotic-resistant infections now surfacing worldwide. Shortages and casualties have stretched healthcare thin, making sepsis a death sentence for some wounded soldiers. The long-term global risks show how war’s damage knows no borders.
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July 23 – July 29 – 16th week Ordinary Time
God meets us not in perfection, but in process—in hunger, in protest, in silence, and in failure. These reflections reveal a God who calls, listens, and stays near, even when we feel most unready. Faith deepens not through certainty, but through surrender, fidelity and daily, transforming presence.
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Bishop Barron’s views conflict with Christian equality
Youth say Bishop Robert Barron spreads questionable information. Youth leaders say his messaging contradicts Paul’s teaching that “you are all one in Christ Jesus,” a message of unity in difference.
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July 16 – July 22
God’s call rarely comes when we feel prepared. Grace breaks in through disruption, not certainty. We are not called because we are ready, but because God is already with us—working through darkness, delay and trembling obedience.
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Papabile women in 2025!
A grandmother envisions her descendants laughing one day at the idea women were once excluded from Church leadership. But in 2025, the thought of a female Pope is still unthinkable, even as a symbolic list of “papabile” women emerges from the grassroots.
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July 9 – July 15, 2025
True forgiveness doesn’t erase pain—it transforms it. Across these reflections, grace emerges not in triumph but in vulnerability, memory and mercy. Healing comes through presence, not resolution. Reconciliation requires the courage to see with softened hearts and to let love write a new ending.
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Integrating Catholic and Native beliefs
Leaning behind the altar are twelve cross-shaped fruit-picking poles, fashioned from saguaro ribs. These tools reflect both the harvest and the cross — symbols of physical labour and spiritual connection deeply embedded in O’odham Catholic life.
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July 2 – July 8
In the heartbreak of wilderness and rejection, God does not turn away—God draws near. The abandoned are seen, the outcast heard. Desolation becomes the soil of promise. Divine love defies human systems, choosing the overlooked and wounded to carry hope. In every forsaken place, grace is already at work.
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June 25 – July 1, 2025
Peter and Paul reveal that true discipleship is not about flawless beginnings, but faithful endings. Their lives were shaped by failure, refined by grace, and defined by the fruit they bore. Called beyond words, they lived the gospel with integrity, courage, and love that endured to the end.
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