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    <title>Sunday Homilies with Fr. Mike Schmitz - Episodes Tagged with “Celebrate”</title>
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&lt;dt&gt; Acts 1:1-11&lt;/dt&gt;
&lt;dt&gt; Psalms 47:2-3, 6-9&lt;/dt&gt;
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&lt;dt&gt; Mass Readings from November 17, 2019:&lt;/dt&gt;
&lt;dt&gt; Malachi 3:19-20&lt;/dt&gt;
&lt;dt&gt; Psalms 98:5-9&lt;/dt&gt;
&lt;dt&gt;2 Thessalonians 3:7-12&lt;/dt&gt; &lt;p&gt;Luke 21:5-19&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://bulldogcatholic.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/comparisin-stealing-joy.pdf"&gt;Download the Homily Study&lt;/a&gt; 
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