Oct 5 – Memorial for St. Faustina Kowalska, Virgin, religious, Christian Mystic Maria Faustyna Kowalska (born Helena Kowalska; 25 August 1905 – 5 October 1938), also known as Saint Maria Faustyna Kowalska of the Blessed Sacrament and popularly spelled Faustina, was a Polish Roman Catholic nun and mystic. Her apparitions of Jesus Christ inspired the Roman Catholic devotion to the Divine Mercy and earned her the title of "Secretary of Divine Mercy". Throughout her... Continue Reading →
4 October, Sunday — Chosen to Bear Fruit
27th Sunday in Ordinary Time Isa 5:1-7Phi 4:6-9Mt 21:33-43 “I tell you, then, that the kingdom of God will be taken from you and given to a people who will produce its fruit.” In today’s Gospel, Jesus told of the parable of the landowner and his ungrateful tenants. When the time came, instead of giving... Continue Reading →
3 October, Saturday — Offering up my homework
Saturday of Week 26 in Ordinary Time Job 42:1-3,5-6,12-17Lk 10:17-24 It was then that, filled with joy by the Holy Spirit, he said: “I bless you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, for hiding these things from the learned and the clever and revealing them to mere children." Whenever I go through today’s Gospel passage,... Continue Reading →
2 October, Friday — Extra help is always at your side
Oct 2 – Memorial for The Holy Guardian Angels The term ‘guardian angels’ refers to the belief that each soul has an angel who is available to shepherd the soul through life, and help bring them to God. Belief in the reality of angels, their mission as messengers of God, and Man’s interaction with them, goes... Continue Reading →
1 October, Thursday — To be small is to be great
Oct 1 – Feast of St. Thérèse of the Child Jesus, Virgin and Doctor, Patroness of Missions Born to a pious middle-class French family of tradesmen, Francoise-Marie Thérèse Martin (1873–1897) was the daughter of Blessed Louis Martin and Blessed Marie-Azelie Guerin Martin, and all four of her sisters became nuns. Her mother died when Francoise-Marie... Continue Reading →
