Fr. Nathaniel Dreyer, IVEThursday of the 4th Week in Ordinary Time David, by Michelangelo In today’s first reading, King David lays dying, and his last pieces of advice to his son Solomon include an injunction that is useful for us too. David tells his son: “Take courage and be a man.”In the Latin Vulgate, it’s esto vir. Esto vir: be a man, and it’s linked to practicing the virtue of courage (or fortitude). In fact, Saint John Paul II said just that: “To be m […]
Fr. Christopher Etheridge, IVEMemorial of St. John Bosco Christ Pantocrator, Mosaic in the Baptistry of San Giovanni of Florence, ca. 1300. How well do you know Jesus Christ? After hearing this Gospel, we should all take a moment to seriously ask ourselves this question. Our condition as religious, or even as Christians for that matter does not guarantee that we have a living faith in Jesus Christ.In today’s Gospel, Jesus’ “very own”, “his fellow countrymen” […]
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