Reading: 1 Kings 3:4-13 Mark 6:30-34Drawing Near: In today’s Gospel, I call my disciples to come and rest awhile. As a catechist, you are my disciple. Come. Rest with me awhile.
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Feb 04
Daily Scripture Reflection: Saturday, Feb. 4
Reading: 1 Kings 3:4-13 Mark 6:30-34Drawing Near: In today’s Gospel, I call my disciples to come and rest awhile. As a catechist, you are my disciple. Come. Rest with me awhile.
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Feb 03
Daily Scripture Reflection: Friday, Feb. 3
Reading: Sirach 47:2-11 Mark 6:14-29Drawing Near: Today’s Gospel is about the death of John the Baptist. Share with your students how the grace of your own Baptism has emboldened your faith in me.
Feast: St. Blaise, bishop and martyr; St. Ansgar, bishop
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Feb 02
Daily Scripture Reflection: Thursday, Feb. 2
Reading: Malachi 3:1-4 Hebrews 2:14-18 Luke 2:22-40
Drawing Near: In today’s Gospel, I am presented at the Temple and bring joy to Simeon and Anna. How do your actions reflect the joy your faith in me brings to your life?
Feast: The Feast of the Presentation of the Lord
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Feb 01
Daily Scripture Reflection: Wednesday, Feb. 1
Reading: 2 Samuel 24:2, 9-17 Mark 6:1-6Drawing Near: In today’s Gospel, I find little faith in my native place. What can you share with your students’ families that will help nourish faith in their homes?
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Jan 31
Daily Scripture Reflection: Tuesday, Jan. 31
Reading: 2 Samuel 18:9-10, 14, 24-25, 30—19:3 Mark 5:21-43Drawing Near: In today’s Gospel, Jairus asks me to lay my hands on his daughter to heal her, and a woman with a twelve-year-long affliction touches my cloak to be healed. Let me be present in you today—and always—so that you and others may be healed.
Feast: The Memorial of St. John Bosco, priest
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Jan 30
Daily Scripture Reflection: Monday, Jan. 30
Reading: 2 Samuel 15:13-14, 30; 16:5-13Mark 5:1-20
Drawing Near: In today’s Gospel, I drive "Legion” from a man and then I send the man on a mission: "Go home to your family and announce to them all what the Lord in his pity has done for you.” What is your mission and to whom do I send you?
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Jan 29
Daily Scripture Reflection: Sunday, Jan. 29
Reading: Mark 1:21-28Drawing Near: In today's Gospel, my "fame spread everywhere throughout the whole region of Galilee" after I chase the unclean spirit from the man in Capernaum. How does my fame spread as a result of your witness to faith in me?
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Jan 28
Daily Scripture Reflection: Saturday, Jan. 28
Reading: 2 Samuel 12:1-7, 10-17 Mark 4:35-41Drawing Near: My disciples in today’s Gospel experience “great awe” in how the wind and sea obey my command. Make “great awe” your prayer today—all day long.
Feast: The Memorial of St. Thomas Aquinas, priest and Doctor of the Church
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Jan 27
Daily Scripture Reflection: Friday, Jan. 27
Reading: 2 Samuel 11:1-4, 5-10, 13-17 Mark 4:26-34Drawing Near: In today’s Gospel, I speak of how the seed sprouts and grows, and how the land "of its own accord” yields fruit from that seed. Form a prayer, "The Seed of Faith,” and share it with your learners.
Feast: St. Angela Merici, virgin
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Jan 26
Daily Scripture Reflection: Thursday, Jan. 26
Reading: 2 Timothy 1:1-8 Mark 4:21-25Drawing Near: "Is a lamp brought in to be placed under a bushel basket or under a bed, and not to be placed on a lampstand?” Does sharing your Catholic faith with others bring you joy?
Feast: The Memorial of St. Timothy and St. Titus, bishops
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