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Today’s readings When I was little, I often remember my grandmother saying “thank God for small favors!” Now that’s a holy and pious thought, and I’ll have you know my grandmother was certainly holy and pious. But when she said … Continued
Today’s readings Saint Bartholomew was one of Jesus’ apostles, but it’s hard to get a handle on him. That’s because he is often identified as Nathanael in the Gospel. So today’s Gospel reading gives us a little insight about Saint … Continued
Today’s readings What is truly holy? What makes a thing or a person holy? Or, more precisely, who does those things? Well, God, of course. Today’s gospel has Jesus taking the Scribes and Pharisees to task for forgetting what is … Continued
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Today’s readings (Mass for the school children.) I can’t think of any better way to celebrate the beginning of the school year than by giving a teacher a pop quiz! You can all relax: I’m not really going to do that. But … Continued
Today’s readings I’m not going to sugar-coat this: the truth is that the story we have in our first reading is a horrible story. Why on earth would we worship a God who accept such a vow from Jephthah (or … Continued
Today’s readings Today’s Gospel reading follows picks up where yesterday’s reading left off. As you remember, the rich young man went away sad, not knowing how he could attain eternal life, because he had many possessions. Today, Jesus explains to his disciples … Continued
Today’s readings In every age of the world, people have needed hope. Because in every age of the world, there has been unbelievable hardship. There has always been war, and disease, and poverty, and oppression, and alienation, and all the … Continued
Maximilian Kolbe became a Franciscan novice at the age of 16. Earlier in life he had a vision of the Blessed Virgin offering him two crowns, a white one of purity, and a red one of martyrdom. Maximilian said “I … Continued
Today’s readings St. Lawrence was a deacon of the early Church, who was charged with the care of the goods of the Church. Legend has it that he was called in by the Prefect of Rome, who had just killed … Continued
Today’s readings You may have heard of Viaticum, which we generally think of as one’s last Communion. Indeed, the Church encourages us by precept of the Church to receive Holy Communion in our last moments, if at all possible. The … Continued
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