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Today’s readings Whenever the time grows short, it can be tempting to give up the mission. Especially if it seems like there is a lack of results. That’s where we find ourselves on the issue of prayer very often, I … Continued
Today’s readings | Today’s Saint [Mass for the School Children] Today we celebrate the feast of St. Elizabeth of Hungary. Elizabeth was the daughter of the king of Hungary, and she married Louis IV of Thuringia when she was fourteen … Continued
Today’s readings One of the things that has helped me in my spiritual life is the knowledge that “we’re not home yet.” We can list all kinds of things, I’m sure, that remind us that this life in this world … Continued
Today’s readings The thing is, we never see the widow. There are widows in both the first reading and today’s Gospel and neither story describes the widow. We don’t know what she’s wearing, if she’s tall or short, nothing at … Continued
Today’s readings Back in the days of Jesus, if someone was going to give a big party, preparations needed to be made a very long time in advance. Invitations could not just be photocopied and mailed, or even emailed; no, … Continued
Today's Readings You are God; I am not. I was once told that those six words are perhaps the most important prayer a person could ever have. You are God; I am not. The whole point of any prayer in … Continued
Today’s Gospel: Matthew 25:1-13 | Today’s feast I think this Gospel reading is kind of weird to our modern ear. This whole notion of virgins with lamps speaks to us of very strange customs that have long since been forgotten. … Continued
Today’s readings | Today’s feast (more) During his lifetime, Pope John Paul II canonized some 480 saints. Many people felt that this was a kind of “inflation” of saints, since he alone canonized more than one for every day of … Continued
Today’s readings Well, it would be hard to pick a scarier reading to preach about on Halloween than one that starts out with the emotionally-charged sentence, “Wives should be subordinate to their husbands as to the Lord.” It almost makes … Continued
“Take courage, get up, Jesus is calling you.” These would be wonderfully comforting words to hear in any situation. Who among us does not wish to be called to Jesus? But as joyful as we are to hear these words … Continued
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