October 25, 2025 – Full-of-Grace

Full-of-Grace

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Day: October 25, 2025

PENITENTIAL RITE: Two Bags & Laying All Down

FOR THE LEADER: We're doing this practice WITH the community, not TO the community, so let us use "we" language throughout. Let us warm, even playful tone at the beginning. This isn't heavy penance—it's honest inventory. We're creating space for encounter, not inducing guilt. Key principle: We're PARKING things, not discarding them. They'll be there after Mass if people want to pick them back up. This isn't permanent transformation—it's...

Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year C) – Resources

The Pharisee isn't a cartoon villain. He's exhausted. He's been showing up faithfully for YEARS while others flake. He fasts twice a week—do YOU? He tithes on everything—do YOU? His resentment is understandable. His comparison is human. But his very goodness has become a prison. His discipline has turned into armour against compassion. QUICK REFERENCE Date: October 26, 2025 Liturgical Season: 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C Readings:...

Be the Parable – Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year C) – Biblical Background

There's a question haunting this Gospel: What happens Monday morning? The tax collector went home justified. And then what? Did he go back to the booth, back to neglecting widows and orphans, back to the life that required putting his heart to sleep? Because the tax collector knows he's damaging people. Daily. So what will he do this Monday? QUICK REFERENCE Date: October 26, 2025 Liturgical Season: 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C Readings:...