Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time Jesus Asks for Prophets Like Himself We know we are willing to listen to people as long as they tell us what pleases us, what conforms to our own ways of thinking. But when they remind us of things, even good things, that make demands on us or […]
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Saturday of 3rd Week of Ordinary Time Why Are You Afraid? One of the most poignant, dramatic pages of the Old Testament is read to us today. David, the faithful servant of God, has committed adultery and murder. The prophet arouses the king’s indignation against those committing injustice and then tells David: That is […]
Friday of 3rd Week of Ordinary Time THOMAS AQUINAS, Church doctor We today St. Thomas Aquinas, who was one of the greatest theologians in the Church’s history, yet his life was marked by simplicity. He succeeded in making a harmonious synthesis between the philosophy of Aristotle and the theological thought of the Bible and […]
Thursday of 3rd Week in Ordinary Time Light of the Gospel We hear David thank God for giving stability to his kingdom; he prays that God’s blessings may come down on the royal house. In the Gospel, the parable presents Jesus’ message as a lamp that cannot be hidden; it will blaze brightly in […]
Wednesday of 3rd Week in Ordinary Time TITUS AND TIMOTHY Today, we celebrate two close associates of the apostle Paul. Paul put them in charge of Christian communities and wrote letters to them to tell them what is expected of leaders of Christian communities, especially how they should be servants and models of the […]
Tuesday of 3rd Week in Ordinary Time Conversion of St. Paul – Feast Paul’s conversion must have been a tremendous change of mentality for him, a real conversion. Not only did a Jew who became a Christian at the same time become an outcast to his people, as he was considered a renegade, a […]
Monday of 3rd Week in Ordinary Time Led By God’s Good Spirit FRANCIS OF SALES Brilliant, spirited, humorous, and very kind, St. Francis was bishop of Geneva during the Reformation. Both through his eloquence and his personal contact with people, he convinced many not to become Protestants and won many back to Catholicism. He […]
Third Sunday of Ordinary Time Proclaiming Liberty to Captives In church we often hear the words “salvation” or “redemption.” These technical words sound difficult and remote. Jesus, whose name means “God saves,” tells us today what this “saving” means: He came to bring us freedom, liberation, from all that alienates us from God and […]
Saturday of 2nd Week in Ordinary Time Hungry for the Message A messenger comes to announce to David that King Saul and his Son Jonathan have died in battle and David mourns them deeply, even though Saul had sought David’s life. The few verses of today’s Gospel tell us no more than that the […]
Friday of 2nd Week in Ordinary Time AGNES, Virgin and Martyr Few saints have been as popular in Rome as the twelve or thirteen-year old girl martyr St. Agnes. At a time of massive defections from the faith, in 305 she endured torture with idealism and patient faithfulness. Even the young can make hard […]