Monday of Week 4 in Ordinary Time Heb 11:32-40 Mk 5:1-20 “Go home to your people and tell them all that the Lord in his mercy has done for you.” As we approach the end of the first month of the year, have we made any resolutions? And have we taken steps to keep them?... Continue Reading →
16 January, Monday — New Wine, New Wineskins
Monday of Week 2 in Ordinary Time Heb 5:1-10Mk 2:18-22 “And nobody puts new wine into old wineskins; if he does, the wine will burst the skins, and the wine is lost and the skins too. No! New wine, fresh skins!” As we settle into the new year, both Liturgical and Gregorian, how are you... Continue Reading →
15 January, Sunday — Bearing Witness
2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time Isa 49:3,5-61 Cor 1:1-3Jn 1:29-34 “May God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ send you grace and peace.” Amidst the festivities of Christmastide and merrymaking of ushering in the New Year, some of us may have made new year resolutions. This annual tradition helps us take stock of what... Continue Reading →
31 December, Friday – New Year Resolutions
Dec 31 – Memorial for St. Sylvester I, pope St. Sylvester (d. 335) was pope in the reign of Emperor Constantine I, who built the Lateran and other churches. He sent legates to the First Council of Nicaea, and was involved in the controversy over Arianism. The spurious Donation of Constantine was supposedly given to St.... Continue Reading →
30 December, Wednesday – New Year Resolution
6th day within the Octave of Christmas 1 Jn 2:12-17Lk 2:36-40 ...and the world, with all it craves for, is coming to an end; but anyone who does the will of God remains for ever. I’m not big on New Year’s resolutions...never have been. I think this is because I’ve been apathetic for the most... Continue Reading →