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Today’s readings 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 crank up his preaching to have Israel turn from their sinful ways. “Perhaps they … Continued
Today’s readings St. Ignatius is a good example of what the Lord is saying through Jeremiah the prophet today. Just like the potter, God can and does form and re-form us all through our lives, becoming ourselves more and more … Continued
Today's readings You know, I think St. Martha gets kind of a bad rap in general. She is maybe best known for the fact that she complained about having to do all the cooking and serving while her sister Mary … Continued
Well, they got St. Patrick in there. But they forgot to give a shout out to Tom Lehrer (look him up). I guess there’s a problem with the fully formed conscience, but we can work on that.
Today's readings: Sirach 44:1, 44:10-15, Psalm 132:11-18, Matthew 13:16-17 “Now I will praise those godly men and women,our ancestors, each in their own time.” We don’t know much, well anything really, about Joachim and Anne. Even in the Gospels where … Continued
Today's readings “Can you drink the chalice of which I am going to drink?” What does that even mean for us? We know what Jesus’ chalice was like: it led him through sorrow, and abandonment, and ultimately to the cross. … Continued
Today's readings [display_podcast] St. Bonaventure is known for his theological writings with regard to holiness. He was chosen to be minister general of the Franciscan Order in 1257, and devoted himself to bringing the Order to a closer living of … Continued
Today's readings [display_podcast] Kateri Tekakwitha was born in 1656 to a Christian Algonquin woman. Her parents died in a smallpox epidemic – which left Kateri herself disfigured and half blind – when she was just four years old. She went … Continued
Today's readings [display_podcast] 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 … Continued
Today's readings [display_podcast] “What, then. will this child be?” That question from today’s Gospel is certainly key for the celebration of the birth of St. John the Baptist, but definitely also appropriate for all of us too. At the birth … Continued
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