Dec 10 -- Our Lady of Loreto Tradition holds that a small house in Loreto, Italy, originated in Nazareth and is the actual home of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The dimensions are very small, one-room measuring 30 x 13 feet. It is composed simply of stones and mortar found in Palestine and hand-chiseled in a... Continue Reading →
20 September, Sunday – To Be A Willing Instrument
Isaiah 55:6-9Philippians 1:20-24, 27Matthew 20:1-16 …Why be envious because I am generous? There was a growing young sapling within the forest. Every day it looked up and around at its greater cedar tree cousins and wondered how long he would take to get as big and grand as them. Nearby, an elder cousin groaned under... Continue Reading →
8 September, Tuesday — The Original Influencer
Sep 8 – Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary The birth of the Blessed Virgin Mary announced joy and the approaching salvation of a lost world. Mary was brought into the world not like other children of Adam, infected with the contagion of sin, but pure, holy, beautiful, and glorious, adorned with... Continue Reading →
12 July, Sunday — His Mercy Within the Parables
15th Sunday in Ordinary Time Isaiah 55:10-11Romans 8:18-23Matthew 13:1-23…all of us who possess the first-fruits of the Spirit, we too groan inwardly as we wait for our bodies to be set free.As a parent to a toddler, I am beginning to understand the phrase ‘falling on deaf ears’ a lot more these days. My little... Continue Reading →
