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The Canaanite Woman's Bold Faith: A Sunday Gospel Reflection – Fr. Mike Mahoney – 08/14/2026
Fr. Mike Mahoney returns to The Catholic Morning Show to walk through this Sunday's Gospel, Matthew 15:21-28, in which a Canaanite woman begs Jesus to heal her daughter and is initially rebuffed by the disciples for not being part of "the lost sheep of the house of Israel." Fr. Mahoney highlights her humility, she approaches Christ acknowledging her own unworthiness, and her persistence, she keeps asking even after being turned away, as the two virtues that ultimately move Jesus to say, "Woman, great is your faith." He closes with an invitation to bring that same humility and perseverance to…
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