Aug 4 – Memorial for St. John Mary Vianney, priest In his youth, John Mary Vianney (1786-1859) taught other children their prayers and catechism. As a priest, was assigned to a parish which suffered from very lax attendance. He began visiting his parishioners, especially the sick and poor, spent days in prayer before the Blessed... Continue Reading →
3 August, Monday — Are we taking prayer for granted?
Monday of Week 18 in Ordinary Time Jer 28:1-17Mt 14:22-26 After sending the crowds away he went up into the hills by himself to pray. From Google: A Catholic prayer is the raising of your mind and heart to God or asking God for good things, and Catholics use both spoken (vocal) and silent... Continue Reading →
5 July, Sunday – Surrender your burden to God
14th Sunday in Ordinary Time Zec 9:9-10Rm 8:9,11-13Mt 11:25-30 "Come to me all you who labour and are overburdened, and I will give you rest...Yes, my yoke is easy and my burden light." All who are burdened – that’s all of us, is it not? It seems that we who have much, have also collected... Continue Reading →
9 June, Tuesday — Don’t close your eyes to the light
Jun 9 – Memorial for St. Ephrem of Syria, deacon and Doctor of the Church St. Ephrem (306-373) was baptized at age 18. He helped to evangelize Nisibis, Mesopotamia. He may have attended the Council of Nicaea in 325. He was a deacon and preacher, and had a great devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary.... Continue Reading →
8 June, Monday — Peace is an inside job
Monday of Week 10 in Ordinary Time 1 Kgs 17:1-6Mt 5:1-12 "Happy the peacemakers, they shall be called children of God." The Beatitudes, often referred to as the ‘new’ Ten Commandments, were spoken directly from the mouth of Christ. The depth of meaning of the Beatitudes, both individually and collectively, could be reflected on daily for... Continue Reading →
21 April, Tuesday – Your cross or my flags
21 Apr – Memorial for St. Anselm, bishop & doctor St. Anselm (1033-1109) was born of Italian nobility. After a childhood devoted to piety and study, he wanted to enter religious life, but his father prevented it, and Anselm became rather worldly for several years. Upon his mother’s death, Anselm argued with his father, fled... Continue Reading →
20 April, Monday – The enemy isn’t ‘them’
Monday of the 3rd Week of Eastertide Acts 6:8-15Jn 6:22-29 They found they could not get the better of him because of his wisdom, and because it was the Spirit that prompted what he said. Those words still ring true today, don’t they? Truth is often covered up. These days, 'Truth' is often ‘made up’. We live... Continue Reading →
28 March, Saturday — Who is saving whom?
Saturday of the 5th Week of Lent Ez 37:21-28Jn 11:45-56 …that it is better for one man to die... Jean Pierre de Caussade wrote, “To the abandoned soul, the soul that trusts God, God is visible even in the proud souls who oppose Him. Every creature, whether good or evil, reveals God to him.” This time... Continue Reading →
27 March, Friday — Whose grasp are you trying to escape from?
Friday of the 5th Week of Lent Jer 20:10-13Jn 10:31-42 "… then you will know for sure that the Father is in me and I am in the Father.” All young children like to play ‘Hide & Seek’, and even young toddlers play the first version of that childhood game, where they close their eyes,... Continue Reading →
23 February, Monday — The choice is yours, and mine.
Monday of the 1st Week of Lent Lev 19:1-2,11-18Mt 25:31-46 “...in so far as you did this to one of the least of these….. in so far as you neglected to do it to one of the least of these...” The choices we make, more than the words we speak, determine where we will spend... Continue Reading →
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