• BETA | Sunday, October 16th, 2022
    BETA | Sunday, October 16th, 2022
    October 9, 2022
    by Karen P.
    Read. Listen. Explore.
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  • BETA | Sunday, October 9th, 2022
    BETA | Sunday, October 9th, 2022
    October 2, 2022
    Read. Listen. Explore.
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  • Small Groups Summit | Cumbre de Grupos Pequeños
    Small Groups Summit | Cumbre de Grupos Pequeños
    September 30, 2022
    If you are already part of a small group, come to the Small Groups Summit tomorrow October 1st at St. James Hall from 9:00am to 11:00am.
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  • BETA | Sunday, October 2nd, 2022
    BETA | Sunday, October 2nd, 2022
    September 25, 2022
    by Karen P
    Read, Listen, Explore the Good News
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  • BETA | Sunday, September 25th, 2022
    BETA | Sunday, September 25th, 2022
    September 19, 2022
    by Karen P
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  • BETA | Sunday, September 18th, 2022
    BETA | Sunday, September 18th, 2022
    September 12, 2022
    by Karen P.
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  • BETA | Sunday, September 11th, 2022
    BETA | Sunday, September 11th, 2022
    September 5, 2022
    by Karen P
    This week's BETA.
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  • BETA | Sunday, September 4th, 2022
    BETA | Sunday, September 4th, 2022
    August 29, 2022
    by Karen P.
    The cost of Discipleship.
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  • BETA | Sunday, August 28th, 2022
    BETA | Sunday, August 28th, 2022
    August 22, 2022
    by Karen P
    Read. Reflect. Discuss.
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  • BETA | Sunday, August 21st, 2022
    BETA | Sunday, August 21st, 2022
    August 15, 2022
    by MQOA
    First, break the ice by sharing about a time when you met someone for the first time who then became a close friend. What questions did you use to get to know that person? 
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  • BETA | Sunday, August 14th, 2022
    BETA | Sunday, August 14th, 2022
    August 9, 2022
    by MQOA
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  • BETA | Sunday, August 7th, 2022
    BETA | Sunday, August 7th, 2022
    July 31, 2022
    by Various
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  • BETA | Sunday, July 3rd, 2021
    BETA | Sunday, July 3rd, 2021
    June 27, 2022
    by Fr. Murray
    Here is the this week’s sway. Happy Fourth.
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  • BETA | Sunday, May 1st, 2022
    BETA | Sunday, May 1st, 2022
    April 25, 2022
    by Fr. Robert Murray
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  • BETA | Sunday, April 24th
    BETA | Sunday, April 24th
    April 19, 2022
    by Fr. Murray
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  • BETA | Sunday, April 17th
    BETA | Sunday, April 17th
    April 11, 2022
    by Fr. Murray
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  • Beta | Luke 19:28-40 | Palm Sunday
    Beta | Luke 19:28-40 | Palm Sunday
    April 4, 2022
    by Margo Morin
    Palm Sunday!! It seems wrong, somehow, to be at Palm Sunday; if you’re like me, Lent has gone by like a flash and at the same time felt like an eternity. Well, here we are, ready or not, entering the final (but not final) week of Jesus’ extraordinary story. This is one of those Gospels that is told differently by each Gospel writer, so you may notice some intriguing differences between what you remember and what you hear. It’s also a reading that lends itself so well to what St. Ignatius called “imaginative prayer;” using our imagination to be in the scene, noticing what we feel, hear, see, smell, and notice. You can use this technique in the context of Beta’ inviting your guests to close their eyes while the Gospel is being read, either by a group member or with the audio link at the top of the lesson. One more note: there are two Gospels proclaimed this week, one at the very beginning of the Mass, and one at the usual time. The mid-Mass reading is the account of the Passion; in this week’s Beta, we’ll look at the first (shorter!) Gospel reading. -Margo
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  • Beta | John 8:1-11 | 5th Sunday of Lent C
    Beta | John 8:1-11 | 5th Sunday of Lent C
    March 27, 2022
    by Margo Morin
    We’re side-stepping into the Gospel of John for this Sunday, but still, we are in familiar territory. Check out how your copy of the Bible titles this story; mine (NRSV) calls it “Woman Caught in Adultery” and if that isn’t a mistitle for this story, I don’t know what is. Maybe it could be “Men judging a woman” or “Where’s the other party in this scandal? Is he all set then?” or “the mystery of the sand-writing” or “the moral of this story is for all of us.” I don’t have the power to retitle Bible translations, but I think it’s important to notice them, and what the titles do to draw our attention to some details in the story, and away from others.
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  • Beta | Luke 15: 1-3, 11-32 | Fourth Week of Lent
    Beta | Luke 15: 1-3, 11-32 | Fourth Week of Lent
    March 23, 2022
    by Margo Morin
    After last week’s confusing (or was that just me?) Gospel reading,* we’re back on familiar territory. This week’s reading, about the Prodigal Son, is a long one but full of images and characters and points to ponder, and sometimes our attention is drawn to one part of the story one year, and to another altogether, on a different year. So pay attention to where God is drawing your eye this time around. **If you’re still a bit baffled about last week’s Gospel, be sure to check out last week’s MQOA Sunday podcast!
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  • Beta | Luke 13:1-19 | 3rd Sunday in Lent
    Beta | Luke 13:1-19 | 3rd Sunday in Lent
    March 14, 2022
    by Margo Morin
    Here's this week's Beta lesson. Follow along with us as we talk about the reading on our weekly podcast, MQOASunday! www.mqoa.org/podcasts This week’s Gospel comes across as kind of mysterious, so you may get some benefit from reading it more than twice, or by taking a pause between the two parts of the reading. There’s another famous fig tree story in the other synoptic Gospels (Matthew 21:18-22, Mark 11:12-14.), but there are some definite differences here. I hope your conversations are blessed and… fruitful!
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