Thursday of the Twenty-fifth Week of Ordinary Time
Today’s readings Today we continue our week-long quest for wisdom. Today’s pearl of wisdom has us thinking about the things that worry us. Herod was worried about Jesus to the point of morbid curiosity. He was afraid that Jesus was … Continued
Monday of the Twenty-fifth Week of Ordinary Time
Today’s readings Today we begin a little excursion into the Wisdom Literature of the Scriptures. The first readings this week will be from Proverbs and Ecclesiastes, two of the strongest pieces of Wisdom Literature in the Old Testament. Our friends … Continued
Twenty-fifth Sunday of Ordinary Time
Today’s readings Ever since I can remember hearing this parable of the day laborers, it has rubbed me the wrong way. Maybe it does that for you too, as you sit here having just had it proclaimed to you. Yes, … Continued
Ss. Andrew Kim Taegon, Paul Chong Hasang & Companions, Martyrs
Today’s readings Korea was introduced to Christianity in the late 1500s when some Koreans were baptized, probably by Christian Japanese soldiers who invaded Korea at that time. It was not until the late 1700s that a priest managed to sneak … Continued
Friday of the Twenty-fourth Week of Ordinary Time
Today’s readings Today we get a bit of a glimpse as to how Jesus’ day-to-day ministry worked. We can see three things in particular that characterize how things happened. First, he journeyed to proclaim the Good News. He met people … Continued
Thursday of the Twenty-fourth Week of Ordinary Time
Today’s readings The ancient fathers of the church always taught that every day of our life is a preparation for death; that we should keep the dying of the Lord before us. That’s a principle of the spiritual life that … Continued
Ss. Cornelius & Cyprian
Today’s readings St. Cornelius was ordained as the Bishop of Rome in 251. The Bishop of Rome is what we now call the Pope, so you can see the significance of his position. His major contribution was to defend the … Continued
The Exaltation of the Holy Cross (Youth Version)
This was for the afternoon youth ministry Mass. Today’s readings Today is the feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, sometimes called the Triumph of the Cross. On the face of it, this is a rather strange feast. How … Continued
The Exaltation of the Holy Cross
Today’s readings Chicago priest and theologian Robert Barron speaks of what he calls a “beige” Catholicism. This is how he describes the Church during the years following the second Vatican Council. It was a time, he says, when “Christianity’s distinctive … Continued
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