Thursday of Week 14 in Ordinary TimeGen 44:18-21,23-29,45:1-5Mt 10:7-15 ‘As you go, proclaim that the kingdom of heaven is close at hand.’ I’ve often wondered what it must have felt like to be sent on mission by Jesus. Were the Twelve given a heads up? Or were they taken by surprise when Jesus told them... Continue Reading →
25 January, Wednesday — Our God Moment
25 Jan – Feast of the Conversion of St. Paul St. Paul (3-65) was a Jewish Talmudic student and a Pharisee. He was a tent-maker by trade. Saul the Jew hated and persecuted Christians as heretical, even assisting at the stoning of St. Stephen the Martyr. On his way to Damascus to arrest another group... Continue Reading →
29 April, Thursday – Remembering to Be Servants
29 Apr – Memorial for St. Catherine of Siena, virgin & doctor St. Catherine (1347-1380) was the youngest child in a large family. At the age of six, she had a vision in which Jesus appeared and blessed her. Her parents wanted her to marry, but she became a Dominican tertiary. She was a mystic and... Continue Reading →
11 March, Thursday — Excuses or Excused
Thursday of the 3rd Week of Lent Jer 7:23-28Lk 11:14-23 "...and he who does not gather with me scatters." At this point in my life, I feel like I am not gathering anyone and bringing them to the Lord. I must say that I am sometimes torn between my two realities as a result... Continue Reading →
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