Tuesday of Week 22 in Ordinary Time 1 Cor 2:10-16Lk 4:31-37 "I know who you are: the holy one of God." When my daughter was learning about magnets in school, I recall a concept that took her a while to fully grasp was that when a magnet is placed close to an unknown object, and... Continue Reading →
30 August, Sunday – Fortitude for God
22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time Jer 20:7-9Rom 12:1-2Mt 16:21-27 You have seduced me, Lord, and I have let myself be seduced; you have overpowered me: you were the stronger. I am a daily laughing stock... Poor Jeremiah. He is very distressed by all the scorn, imprisonment, and death threats he had to endure simply for speaking God’s... Continue Reading →
26 August, Wednesday — What If I Stumble?
Wednesday of Week 21 in Ordinary Time 2 Ths 3:6-10,16-18Mt 23:27-32 “Alas for you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You who are like whitewashed tombs that look handsome on the outside, but inside are full of dead men's bones and every kind of corruption.” Ah, the dreaded H word. It keeps getting thrown around. We probably have... Continue Reading →
31 July, Friday – Faith, Humility, Obedience
Jul 31 – Memorial for St. Ignatius of Loyola, Priest St. Ignatius (1491-1556) was wounded in the leg by a cannonball at the siege of Pampeluna on 20 May 1521, an injury that left him partially crippled for life. During his recuperation the only books he had access to were The Golden Legend, a collection... Continue Reading →
17 July, Friday — Spirit of the Law
Friday of Week 15 in Ordinary Time Isa 38:1-6,21-22,7-8Mt 12:1-8 The Pharisees noticed it and said to him: "Look, your disciples are doing something that is forbidden on the sabbath. But he said to them: "Have you not read what David did when he and his followers were hungry...?" The times we are living in... Continue Reading →
23 June, Tuesday – The Narrow Gate: Conversion and the Interior Life
Tuesday of Week 12 in Ordinary Time 2 Kgs 19:9-11,14-21,31-35,36Mt 7:6,12-14 "Enter by the narrow gate, since the road that leads to perdition is wide and spacious, and many take it; but it is a narrow gate and a hard road that leads to life, and only a few find it." The gate is narrow... Continue Reading →
22 June, Monday – A Loving Call to Healing
Monday of Week 12 in Ordinary Time 2 Kgs 17:5-8,13-15,18Mt 7:1-5 "Why do you observe the splinter in your brother’s eye and never notice the plank in your own? How dare you say to your brother, 'Let me take the splinter out of your eye', when all the time there is a plank in your own?"... Continue Reading →
8 May, Friday – Worth the Love
Friday of 5th Week of Eastertide Acts 15:22-31Jn 15:12-17 Jesus said to his disciples: "This is my commandment, love one another, as I have loved you. A man can have no greater love than to lay down his life for his friends." Is there anyone you would give your life for? I always thought it impossible to... Continue Reading →
7 May, Thursday – Abide, Remain, Stay, Beloved
Thursday of 5th Week of Eastertide Acts 15:7-21Jn 15:9-11 Jesus said to his disciples: "As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Remain in my love. If you keep my commandments, you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commandments and remain in his love." I am going to... Continue Reading →
2 March, Monday – The Struggle is Necessary
Monday of the 2nd Week of Lent Dan 9:4-10Lk 6:36-38 To us, Lord, the look of shame belongs, to our kings, our princes, our ancestors, because we have sinned against you. To the Lord our God mercy and pardon belong, because we have betrayed him, and have not listened to the voice of the Lord our... Continue Reading →
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