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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 … Continued
Today’s readings Today is the anniversary of my ordination to the priesthood, 16 years ago. It is also Father John’s anniversary of thirty-three years. I find our Liturgy today to be particularly inspirational on this anniversary day. First we have … Continued
Today we celebrate the feast of Saint Catherine of Siena, a religious, a mystic, and a Doctor of the Church. Saint Catherine was born at Siena, in the region of Tuscany in Italy. When she was six years old, Jesus … Continued
Today’s readings On today’s feast, we celebrate the faithfulness of Saint Joseph. When he became betrothed to Mary, he got more than he could ever have bargained for. It certainly would have been easy to divorce her quietly when the … Continued
Today’s readings Lent is a time of conversion and renewal of faith. Saint Patrick’s life was one of conversion. He wrote about that in his famous Confession, which was a work that talked all about his life of faith. Listen … Continued
Today’s readingsMass for the school children. The readings for daily Mass usually follow in a series. So we read from a certain book of the Bible for a while, and then we move on to another one for a while. … Continued
Today we celebrate the memorial of Saint Blase, and all that we really know about him was that he was the bishop of Sebaste in Armenia during the fourth century. Everything else is legend. But, even if the entire story … Continued
Today’s readings Brothers and sisters, if we think that we are the ones who get to determine the direction of our lives, we are dead wrong. That’s the corollary to the proverb, “If you want to hear God laugh, tell him … Continued
Today’s readings There are a lot of saints in today’s Mass, but then, honestly, there always are. Father John and I have an ongoing joke, that when one of us has the early 6:30 Mass, we say to the other, … Continued
We celebrate the memorial of Saint Francis Xavier as a feast today, because he is the patron saint of the Diocese of Joliet. Francis Xavier was a sixteenth century man who had a promising career in academics. He was encouraged in the … Continued
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