October 19, 2025
Liturgy Notes Sunday Prep
Liturgy Notes Sunday Prep
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CALENDAR
OCTOBER
NOVEMBER
- Black Catholic History Month; Native American Heritage Month
- November 1: Solemnity of All Saints. See below.
- November 2: Commemoration of all the Faithful Departed (“All Souls”). See below. Daylight Savings Time Ends.
- November 9: Feast of the Dedication of St. John Lateran (replaces the 32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time)
- November 15: Feast of the Dedication of the Cathedral (a Solemnity at the Cathedral itself)
o The texts for the Anniversary of the Dedication of a Church are used. - November 16: World Day of the Poor (33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time)
- November 23: Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe
- November 30: First Sunday of Advent (Year A)
SOURCE: Diocese of Davenport
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- U.S. Church
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Preaching Links
29th Sunday of Year C
The Sunday TV Mass
National Shrine (Archdiocese of Washington)
October 20, 2019 Mass with Rev. Thomas M. Kalita as the Celebrant and Homilist. The Mass also features the St. Joseph Gospel Choir, Largo, Maryland.
Contemporary Mass
Church of the Nativity (Archdiocese of Baltimore)
Salt + Light TV
Mary Queen of the World (Archdiocese of Montreal)
Jesuit Institute of South Africa
Jesuit Institute of South Africa Archive
Lismore Diocese, Australia
Lismore Diocese (New South Wales) Archive
Key Themes of Readings
29th Sunday of Year C
Penitential Rite
29th Sunday of Year C
- Lord Jesus, you told your disciples to pray always: Lord, have mercy.
- Christ Jesus, you taught them the importance of faith and persistence: Christ, have mercy.
- Lord Jesus, you call us to the same challenge: Lord, have mercy.
SOURCE: CELEBRATION / FULL SERIES
Fr. Lawrence Mick
29th Sunday of Year C
This Sunday is designated as World Mission Sunday, which might remind us that the church’s mission is not a solo operation but one that requires help from others. We offer monetary support for the foreign missions through the collection this Sunday, but our home country and every other country is also mission territory. Mission is integral to the identity of the church, and that mission is a communal responsibility.
Mission Sunday always challenges us to accept our responsibility for sharing the faith with others. The final line of the Gospel might prompt some useful reflection: “But when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on earth?” Mission Sunday also calls us to live up to our name as “catholic” or “universal” in the extent of our concern and love.
ROME REPORTS (01:49) – October 19, 2025 is World Mission Sunday. Evangelizing and helping the needy go hand in hand. Or at least that is what is promoted by the Pontifical Mission Societies. In the United States alone, they have helped hundreds of thousands of people in both ways. (2024)
Communal Nature of Worship
1923-2017
Our first reading today presents a fertile image for our reflection and for preaching. Moses, who is no youngster at this point, stands on a hill above the battlefield with his hands raised. As long as he maintains this position, Israel does well in the battle. But after a while he tires, and when he lets his hands rest, Amalek begins to triumph…
The key point of the image is not military strategy or magic powers, but that Moses needed help to fulfill his mission. We all need a little help from our friends! Planners and preachers might well reflect this week on the communal and global nature of the church. How can you help the parishioners move beyond rugged individualism and provincial attitudes to embrace the whole church as their brothers and sisters?
This could also be a good weekend to focus on the communal nature of our worship. Despite decades of experience since Vatican II, many Catholics still view prayer and worship as a private affair, even when it is done in the midst of the assembly. This becomes evident if you notice how many people don’t bother to sing or even speak the responses, how many kneel down for private prayer while others are still in the Communion procession, and how many leave Mass early — either after Communion or at the start of the final song.
