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The Magi travelled many miles and many months to worship the newborn King, and offered Him gifts symbolic of who He truly was. What are we offering? #Catholic #homily #Scripture #GospelOfTheDay #mercywithteeth Sign up to have podcasts and blog posts emailed to you: http://eepurl.com/ioCgy2 Give feedback at https://forms.gle/gGhujv39g43BUxmK6 Readings are found at https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/010426.cfm

With the Blessed Mother, we ponder the mystery of her Divine Son. #Catholic #homily #Scripture #GospelOfTheDay #mercywithteeth Sign up to have podcasts and blog posts emailed to you: http://eepurl.com/ioCgy2 Give feedback at https://forms.gle/gGhujv39g43BUxmK6 Readings are found at https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/010126.cfm

As we reflect on the Holy Family, we seek to follow the model that Jesus, Mary and Joseph provide, and pray for the good of all families. #Catholic #homily #Scripture #GospelOfTheDay #mercywithteeth Sign up to have podcasts and blog posts emailed to you: http://eepurl.com/ioCgy2 Give feedback at https://forms.gle/gGhujv39g43BUxmK6 Readings are found at https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/122825.cfm True Mercy Has Teeth: A Catholic Journey to Forgiveness and Healing is now available on Amazon and other places as listed at www.mercywithteeth.com

The Creed and the Gloria, two texts we might take for granted, inform us what we celebrate with Christ’s birth. https://soundcloud.com/fr-todd-petersen/christmas-midnight-2025-profess #Catholic #homily #Scripture #GospelOfTheDay #mercywithteeth Sign up to have podcasts and blog posts emailed to you: http://eepurl.com/ioCgy2 Give feedback at https://forms.gle/gGhujv39g43BUxmK6 Readings are found at https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/122525-Night.cfm True Mercy Has Teeth: A Catholic Journey to Forgiveness and Healing is now available on Amazon and other places as listed at www.mercywithteeth.com

The Creed and the Gloria, two texts we might take for granted, inform us what we celebrate with Christ’s birth. #Catholic #homily #Scripture #GospelOfTheDay #mercywithteeth Sign up to have podcasts and blog posts emailed to you: http://eepurl.com/ioCgy2 Give feedback at https://forms.gle/gGhujv39g43BUxmK6 Readings are found at https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/122525-Dawn.cfm True Mercy Has Teeth: A Catholic Journey to Forgiveness and Healing is now available on Amazon and other places as listed at www.mercywithteeth.com

The Creed and the Gloria, two texts we might take for granted, inform us what we celebrate with Christ’s birth. https://soundcloud.com/fr-todd-petersen/christmas-day-2025-profess #Catholic #homily #Scripture #GospelOfTheDay #mercywithteeth Sign up to have podcasts and blog posts emailed to you: http://eepurl.com/ioCgy2 Give feedback at https://forms.gle/gGhujv39g43BUxmK6 Readings are found at https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/122525-Day.cfm True Mercy Has Teeth: A Catholic Journey to Forgiveness and Healing is now available on Amazon and other places as listed at www.mercywithteeth.com

The Creed and the Gloria, two texts we might take for granted, inform us what we celebrate with Christ’s birth. #Catholic #homily #Scripture #GospelOfTheDay #mercywithteeth Sign up to have podcasts and blog posts emailed to you: http://eepurl.com/ioCgy2 Give feedback at https://forms.gle/gGhujv39g43BUxmK6 Readings are found at https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/122525-Vigil.cfm True Mercy Has Teeth: A Catholic Journey to Forgiveness and Healing is now available on Amazon and other places as listed at www.mercywithteeth.com

St. Joseph is visited in a dream, and trusts in the message of the Lord given through the angel. While we do not hear his response, he certainly acts on it. #Catholic #homily #Scripture #GospelOfTheDay #mercywithteeth Sign up to have podcasts and blog posts emailed to you: http://eepurl.com/ioCgy2 Give feedback at https://forms.gle/gGhujv39g43BUxmK6 Readings are found at https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/122125.cfm True Mercy Has Teeth: A Catholic Journey to Forgiveness and Healing is now available on Amazon and other places as listed at www.mercywithteeth.com

John the Baptist sends some of his disciples to ask the Lord if He is the messiah, and Jesus invites us to know those in the Kingdom are greater. This is cause for rejoicing. #Catholic #homily #Scripture #GospelOfTheDay #mercywithteeth Sign up to have podcasts and blog posts emailed to you: http://eepurl.com/ioCgy2 Give feedback at https://forms.gle/gGhujv39g43BUxmK6 Readings are found at https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/121425.cfm True Mercy Has Teeth: A Catholic Journey to Forgiveness and Healing is now available on Amazon and other places as listed at www.mercywithteeth.com

God acted in a singular way at the conception of the Blessed Mother to prepare her for the task of bring the Son of God into this world. #Catholic #homily #Scripture #GospelOfTheDay #mercywithteeth Sign up to have podcasts and blog posts emailed to you: http://eepurl.com/ioCgy2 Give feedback at https://forms.gle/gGhujv39g43BUxmK6 Readings are found at https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/120825.cfm True Mercy Has Teeth: A Catholic Journey to Forgiveness and Healing is now available on Amazon and other places as listed at www.mercywithteeth.com

John the Baptist confronted the religious leaders for seeking the fruits of what was happening without conversion, the work required. #Catholic #homily #Scripture #GospelOfTheDay #mercywithteeth Sign up to have podcasts and blog posts emailed to you: http://eepurl.com/ioCgy2 Give feedback at https://forms.gle/gGhujv39g43BUxmK6 Readings are found at https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/120725.cfm True Mercy Has Teeth: A Catholic Journey to Forgiveness and Healing is now available on Amazon and other places as listed at www.mercywithteeth.com

As we enter Advent, we call to mind that there is an appointed time when the Lord will come, and He wants us to encounter Him. #Catholic #homily #Scripture #GospelOfTheDay #mercywithteeth Sign up to have podcasts and blog posts emailed to you: http://eepurl.com/ioCgy2 Give feedback at https://forms.gle/gGhujv39g43BUxmK6 Readings are found at https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/113025.cfm True Mercy Has Teeth: A Catholic Journey to Forgiveness and Healing is now available on Amazon and other places as listed at www.mercywithteeth.com

As our nation celebrates this Thanksgiving, looking at how it became a national holiday can help us understand why it is so important. #Catholic #homily #Scripture #GospelOfTheDay #mercywithteeth Sign up to have podcasts and blog posts emailed to you: http://eepurl.com/ioCgy2 Give feedback at https://forms.gle/gGhujv39g43BUxmK6 Readings are found at https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/092125.cfm True Mercy Has Teeth: A Catholic Journey to Forgiveness and Healing is now available on Amazon and other places as listed at www.mercywithteeth.com

Jesus Christ is Lord and King, but maybe our proclamation of Him as such is too subtle. #Catholic #homily #Scripture #GospelOfTheDay #mercywithteeth Sign up to have podcasts and blog posts emailed to you: http://eepurl.com/ioCgy2 Give feedback at https://forms.gle/gGhujv39g43BUxmK6 Readings are found at https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/092125.cfm True Mercy Has Teeth: A Catholic Journey to Forgiveness and Healing is now available on Amazon and other places as listed at www.mercywithteeth.com

There will be a time when all will be destroyed. What pieces will the Lord pick up from us? #Catholic #homily #Scripture #GospelOfTheDay #mercywithteeth Sign up to have podcasts and blog posts emailed to you: http://eepurl.com/ioCgy2 Give feedback at https://forms.gle/gGhujv39g43BUxmK6 Readings are found at https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/092125.cfm True Mercy Has Teeth: A Catholic Journey to Forgiveness and Healing is now available on Amazon and other places as listed at www.mercywithteeth.com

We celebrate the dedication of a Church in Rome, which reminds us that we are called by Christ to become the Church, giving the building its meaning, and living in superabundance of the spiritual gifts of Christ. www.mercywithteeth.com #Catholic #homily #Scripture #GospelOfTheDay #mercywithteeth Sign up to have podcasts and blog posts emailed to you: http://eepurl.com/ioCgy2 Give feedback at https://forms.gle/gGhujv39g43BUxmK6 Readings are found at https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/092125.cfm Great News: True Mercy Has Teeth: A Catholic Journey to Forgiveness and Healing is now available on Amazon

As we commemorate All Souls’ Day, we pray for those who have died and are in purgatory for reparations and release from attachment to sin. We call to mind the Four Last Things, and prepare ourselves for our death. www.mercywithteeth.com #Catholic #homily #Scripture #GospelOfTheDay #mercywithteeth Sign up to have podcasts and blog posts emailed to you: http://eepurl.com/ioCgy2 Give feedback at https://forms.gle/gGhujv39g43BUxmK6 Readings are found at https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/092125.cfm Great News: True Mercy Has Teeth: A Catholic Journey to Forgiveness and Healing is now available on Amazon https://www.amazon.com/True-Mercy-Has-Teeth-Forgiveness/dp/B0FJ5NW8C4/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3RTZRYPHH5TG&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.qlDBsYFJ7RuvidV6UYrOxg.dYUFMLl5NfFxjzS2K0FeYb09crGOlNEmfHfFrHq9xeA&dib_tag=se&keywords=true+mercy+has+teeth+a+catholic+journey+to+forgiveness+and+healing&qid=1756411208&sprefix=true+mercy%2Caps%2C167&sr=8-1

Our Lord teaches a parable about prayer and humility, telling the parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector. Both received what they were there for, but only one went home with justified. What word are we seeking from the Lord in our prayer. www.mercywithteeth.com #Catholic #homily #Scripture #GospelOfTheDay #mercywithteeth Sign up to have podcasts and blog posts emailed to you: http://eepurl.com/ioCgy2 Give feedback at https://forms.gle/gGhujv39g43BUxmK6 Readings are found at https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/102625.cfm Great News: True Mercy Has Teeth: A Catholic Journey to Forgiveness and Healing is now available on Amazon https://www.amazon.com/True-Mercy-Has-Teeth-Forgiveness/dp/B0FJ5NW8C4/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3RTZRYPHH5TG&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.qlDBsYFJ7RuvidV6UYrOxg.dYUFMLl5NfFxjzS2K0FeYb09crGOlNEmfHfFrHq9xeA&dib_tag=se&keywords=true+mercy+has+teeth+a+catholic+journey+to+forgiveness+and+healing&qid=1756411208&sprefix=true+mercy%2Caps%2C167&sr=8-1

Our Lord preaches a parable of a widow who is persistent in her asking for justice, speaking of the necessity of persistence in prayer. He would also include being real, active, and yielding in our prayer. https://soundcloud.com/fr-todd-petersen/29th-sunday-2125-pray www.mercywithteeth.com #Catholic #homily #Scripture #GospelOfTheDay #mercywithteeth Sign up to have podcasts and blog posts emailed to you: http://eepurl.com/ioCgy2 Give feedback at https://forms.gle/gGhujv39g43BUxmK6 Readings are found at https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/101925.cfm Great News: True Mercy Has Teeth: A Catholic Journey to Forgiveness and Healing is now available on Amazon https://www.amazon.com/True-Mercy-Has-Teeth-Forgiveness/dp/B0FJ5NW8C4/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3RTZRYPHH5TG&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.qlDBsYFJ7RuvidV6UYrOxg.dYUFMLl5NfFxjzS2K0FeYb09crGOlNEmfHfFrHq9xeA&dib_tag=se&keywords=true+mercy+has+teeth+a+catholic+journey+to+forgiveness+and+healing&qid=1756411208&sprefix=true+mercy%2Caps%2C167&sr=8-1

By being obedient to the ordinary, Naaman and the 10 lepers find healing. Only Naaman and a samaritan return to thank the Lord. Thanksgiving is the start of stewardship - living a life of gratitude for all the Lord has done. https://soundcloud.com/fr-todd-petersen/28th-sumnday-2025-thanksgiving www.mercywithteeth.com #Catholic #homily #Scripture #GospelOfTheDay #mercywithteeth Sign up to have podcasts and blog posts emailed to you: http://eepurl.com/ioCgy2 Give feedback at https://forms.gle/gGhujv39g43BUxmK6 Readings are found at https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/092125.cfm www.mercywithteeth.com Great News: True Mercy Has Teeth: A Catholic Journey to Forgiveness and Healing is now available on Amazon https://www.amazon.com/True-Mercy-Has-Teeth-Forgiveness/dp/B0FJ5NW8C4/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3RTZRYPHH5TG&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.qlDBsYFJ7RuvidV6UYrOxg.dYUFMLl5NfFxjzS2K0FeYb09crGOlNEmfHfFrHq9xeA&dib_tag=se&keywords=true+mercy+has+teeth+a+catholic+journey+to+forgiveness+and+healing&qid=1756411208&sprefix=true+mercy%2