Saturday of Week 1 in Ordinary Time Heb 4:12-16Mk 2:13-17 “It is not the healthy who need the doctor but the sick. I did not come to call the virtuous, but the sinners.” I love both of today’s readings. It gives me such a sense of joy and thankfulness to know that we have Jesus,... Continue Reading →
17 January, Friday — Do Whatever it Takes
17 Jan – Memorial for St. Anthony, abbot Following the death of his parents when he was about 20, St. Anthony (251-356) ensured that his sister completed her education, then sold his house, furniture, and the land he owned, gave the proceeds to the poor, joined the anchorites who lived nearby, and moved into an... Continue Reading →
12 December, Thursday — The Least is the Greatest
Dec 12 – Memorial for Our Lady of Guadalupe Guadalupe is, strictly speaking, the name of a picture, but the name was extended to the church containing the picture and to the town which grew up around the church. It makes the shrine, it occasions the devotion, it illustrates Our Lady. It is taken as... Continue Reading →
11 December, Wednesday — Signs of Patience
Dec 11 – Memorial for St. Damasus I, pope St. Damasus (306-384) was raised in a pious family. His father was a priest in Rome, and Damasus served for a time as deacon in his father’s church, St. Laurence. He was ordained a priest and became assistant to Pope Liberius. He was elected the 37th... Continue Reading →
29 November, Friday — Infinity and beyond
Friday of Week 34 in Ordinary Time Apo 20:1-4,11-21:2Lk 21:29-33 “Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.” Have you ever really pondered the concept of eternity? In our everyday language, we speak ever so lightly of ‘always’, ‘forever’, ‘infinity’, ‘endless’, etc. But do we really have an understanding of... Continue Reading →
13 October, Sunday — Possible Impossible Task
28th Sunday in Ordinary Time Wis 7:7-11Heb 4:12-13Mk 10:17-30 “For men...it is impossible, but not for God: because everything is possible for God.” Many of us are familiar with the Gospel reading today. It speaks of a wealthy young man begging Jesus for the secret to eternal life. At first, Jesus spoke to the young... Continue Reading →
1 October, Tuesday — Love and Mercy
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 →
31 August, Saturday — What is My Talent?
Saturday of Week 21 in Ordinary Time 1 Cor 1:26-31Mt 25:14-30 “For everyone who has will be given more…but from the man who has not, even what he has will be taken away.” If you asked me a few years ago what my greatest fear is, I would have said that I don’t want to... Continue Reading →
30 August, Friday — God’s Wisdom
Friday of Week 21 in Ordinary Time 1 Cor 1:17-25Mt 25:1-13 …Christ who is the power and the wisdom of God. For God’s foolishness is wiser than human wisdom, and God’s weakness is stronger than human strength. In the first reading from St. Paul’s letter to the Corinthians, he was preaching about the power and... Continue Reading →
29 July, Monday — Two Kinds of Life
Jul 29 – Memorial for Sts. Martha, Mary and Lazarus St Martha Jesus liked to stay at the house of Martha, Mary and Lazarus, his friends at Bethany, when he was in Judaea. One of these visits has ever remained dear to Christian memory. On that occasion Martha, busily serving the Master, asked Him to... Continue Reading →
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