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Today’s readings It is with great fondness that I observe this feast of St. Benedict the abbot, and father of western monasticism. My Benedictine roots stem from my college days at Benedictine University in Lisle (then called Illinois Benedictine College), … Continued
Today’s readings Today’s Gospel is an impetus for the third Luminous Mystery of the Rosary: the proclamation of the Kingdom of God with its call to repentance. Jesus charges his Apostles to go out and proclaim that the Kingdom is … Continued
Today’s readings Today’s Gospel underlines the failure of the Jewish leaders of the time. Jesus was casting out demons from many people, which was what they were supposed to do but could not. So instead of checking what was lacking … Continued
Today’s readings I love the words of the Psalmist today: “The Lord is gracious and merciful.” These are words that are easy for us to pray when things are going well, but maybe not so much when we’re going through … Continued
Today’s readings So we’re finally in Ordinary Time on a Sunday. We’ve travelled through Lent in which we have been called to repentance, and through Easter during which we have been made new people. We are now here in Ordinary … Continued
Today’s readings There’s an old saying, “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” And that’s fine, as far as it goes. But the danger is that sometimes we get so attached to that principle that we fail to recognize when … Continued
Today’s readings We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. That to secure … Continued
Today’s readings You know, sometimes I think we don’t know what we believe until we’re called upon to explain it. Especially for those of us who are “cradle Catholics” – the ones who were baptized Catholic and have grown up … Continued
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