Tuesday of Week 6 in Ordinary Time Jas 1:12-18Mk 8:14-21 “Keep your eyes open; be on your guard against the yeast of the Pharisees and the yeast of Herod.” In today’s Gospel reading, Jesus mentioned the yeast of the leaven of the Pharisees. It seems like an odd topic. But we know Jesus never says... Continue Reading →
4 March, Monday — I want to see old rocks and ruins
Monday of the 3rd Week of Lent 2 Kgs 5:1-15Lk 4:24-30 Now I know that there is no God in all the earth except in Israel. Hallow.com and catholicproductions.com. Just remember these two URLs and I will explain. Naaman, the army general of the King of Aram was a leper. Swallowing his haughty pride, he... Continue Reading →
13 February, Tuesday — Beware of the Leaven
Tuesday of Week 6 in Ordinary Time Jas 1:12-18Mk 8:14-21 “Keep your eyes open; be on your guard against the yeast of the Pharisees and the yeast of Herod.” In today’s Gospel reading, Jesus mentioned the yeast of the leaven of the Pharisees. It seems like an odd topic. But we know Jesus never says... Continue Reading →
12 September, Tuesday — A Logical Faith
Sep 12 – The Most Holy Name of Mary This feast is a counterpart to the Feast of the Holy Name of Jesus (January 3); both have the possibility of uniting people easily divided on other matters. The feast of the Most Holy Name of Mary began in Spain in 1513 and, in 1671, was... Continue Reading →
7 April, Friday — On Pilate
Good Friday Isa 52:13-53:12Heb 4:14-16,5:7-9Jn 18:1-19:42 “I find no guilt in him” It has become very difficult to be openly Catholic in my adopted country, America. We seem to be caught in the throes of a form of ‘liberalism’ that, viewed through the lens of history, is frighteningly similar to some of the more nefarious... Continue Reading →