Thursday of Week 25 in Ordinary Time Ecc 1:2-11Lk 9:7-9 Only no memory remains of earlier times, just as in times to come next year itself will not be remembered. I recently listened to Fr. Mike Schmitz share in a sermon that most every year, he would ask his students this question, “What is the... Continue Reading →
20 August, Saturday — Who are you listening to? Who are you following?
Aug 20 – Memorial for St. Bernard, abbot, doctor St. Bernard (1090-1153) founded and led a monastery which had over 700 monks and 160 daughter houses. He revised and reformed the Cistercians, and was advisor to, and admonisher of, King Louis the Fat and King Louis the Young, and spiritual advisor to Pope Eugenius III,... Continue Reading →
19 August, Friday — All my neighbours?
Aug 19 – Memorial for St. John Eudes, priest, religious founder John Eudes (1601-1680) established seminaries, and founded the Congregation of Jesus and Mary Eudists to promote virtuous secular parochial clergy not bound by vows, but dedicated to improving the clergy through seminaries and missions. He also founded the Sisters of Our Lady of Charity... Continue Reading →
18 August, Thursday — We have been invited
Thursday of Week 20 in Ordinary Time Ez 36:23-28Mt 22:1-14 You shall be my people... Today’s first reading is filled with rich words of beauty. God tells us He will prove His Holiness. God tells us He will sprinkle clean water upon us and cleanse us from all our impurities. God tells us that He... Continue Reading →
17 August, Wednesday — Taking Care of our Little acre
Wednesday of Week 20 in Ordinary Time Ez 34:1-11Mt 20:1-16 …who feed themselves! Sheep and shepherding. A common analogy, parable, and reality in scripture, and in Israel (and many other countries) even today. So many ‘shepherds’ in our life who haven’t done their job, but instead lived to be served; and we’ve suffered. Comparing, criticizing, and complaining. A... Continue Reading →
14 August, Sunday — Which house will be your home?
20th Sunday in Ordinary Time Jer 38:4-6,8-10Heb 12:1-4Lk 12:49-53 …a household of five will be divided. This is such a tough, somewhat confusing teaching from Christ upon the first read, and certainly when we were children. We see Christ as the peacemaker, filled with love, forgiveness, mercy and bringing us all together – yet here... Continue Reading →
10 June, Friday – The Voice
Friday of Week 10 in Ordinary Time 1 Kgs 19,11-16Mt 5:27-32 ….the sound of a gentle breeze. Back in the day – the 70s & 80s – when a song came on the radio, I immediately knew who was singing. It could be the first time I heard that particular song or even a singer that... Continue Reading →
9 June, Thursday – Whether they deserve it or not
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. In 363 Nisibis was... Continue Reading →
8 June, Wednesday – Pointing the way or simply pointing fingers?
Wednesday of Week 10 in Ordinary Time 1 Kgs 18:20-39Mt 5:17-19 How long do you mean to hobble first on one leg then on the other? This scripture reading has always filled my imagination with pictures of the greatness of God. The fire raining down and devouring all that is Baal. And that is a picture I... Continue Reading →
5 March, Saturday — The 4th Commandment
Saturday after Ash Wednesday Isa 58:9-14Lk 5:27-32 ….then shall your light rise in the darkness Back in the 60s & early 70s when I was growing up in Alabama, Sunday was, for everyone, the Lord’s Day. It was spent at church in the morning and the rest of the day with family & close friends. Always... Continue Reading →
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