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Friday of the Nineteenth Week of Ordinary Time
Today’s readings God never forgets how much he loves us. If this weren’t so, I don’t think any of us would be in existence. God loves us into life and loves us through our life and one day, if we let him, will love us into eternal life. The people of Israel had to know…
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Saint Clare
Today’s readings Today we celebrate Saint Clare, who, having refused to marry at 15, was moved by the dynamic preaching of Saint Francis. He became her lifelong friend and spiritual guide. So at age 18, she escaped one night from her father’s home, in order to flee the pressure to marry, and was met on…
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Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross
Today’s readings Today Jesus extols the virtues of child-like faith. Such a faith is dependent on our God who seeks us out like a shepherd in search of a lost sheep. This is a faith that realizes that God is in charge, and that we are happiest when we let God do what he wants…
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Saint Dominic
Today’s readings On a journey through France with his bishop, St. Dominic came across people who espoused the Albigensian heresy. The Albigensians believed in just good and evil – there was no middle ground. For them, anything material was evil, which meant that they denied the Incarnation and the sacraments. On the same principle they…
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The Nineteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time
Today’s readings Listen to that opening line from Jesus in today’s Gospel parable: “Do not be afraid any longer, little flock, for your Father is pleased to give you the kingdom.” That is a revelation so glorious that it should have us up dancing in the aisles, praising God, and throwing a huge party. Think…
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The Transfiguration of the Lord
Today’s readings How do you picture Jesus? We’ve never seen him face to face, but we have definitely seen artwork depicting him. That artwork can be very inspiring. But that artwork can also give us a perhaps false, overly-familiar look at Jesus our God. I tend to think Peter, James and John also had a…
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Saint John Vianney, priest
Saint John Vianney’s seminary education got off to a rather rocky start. In fact, his poor previous education nearly kept him out of the seminary. Then he had trouble understanding lectures in Latin. He was only able to overcome this with some private tutoring and amazing dedication to his calling to become a priest. He…
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Saint Alphonsus Liguori, Bishop and Doctor of the Church
Today we have a kind of celebration of moral theology. In today’s first reading, Jeremiah receives word from the Lord that he is to go to the false prophet Hannaniah and rebuke him for preaching platitudes to the people and giving them false hope. Today is also the feast of St. Alphonsus Liguori, the patron…
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The Eighteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time: Stop Hoarding!
Today’s readings Once in a while in the news, you will hear a story of someone who has hoarded possessions so much as to put them in danger. A while ago, I remember hearing of someone who had passed away, and rescuers needed to cut a hole in the roof in order to remove the…
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Saint Martha
Today’s readings Along with her sister Mary, and brother Lazarus, Saint Martha was a personal friend of Jesus. We have all heard the story about Mary sitting at Jesus’ feet while Martha did all the cooking and serving. Martha quite rightly (in my opinion!) demands that all should lend a hand in the preparation of…
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