Thursday of the First Week in Advent – Mt 7:21, 24-27 In today’s Gospel Jesus gives a rather bleak warning concerning false discipleship, that is, those who profess Christ in word, or hear what He says, but fail to follow through with what He commands. Christ tells us explicitly that it’s not enough simply to […]
Feast of Saint Andrew – November 30th – Option 1 – Mt 4:18-22 Today we celebrate the feast of Saint Andrew, apostle. As he was out fishing with his brother Peter, he heard Christ call and tell him, “Come after me, and I will make you fishers of men.” That call to be an
Tuesday of the First Week of Advent – Lk 10:21-24 As we know, Advent is a time of waiting, a time of anticipation and longing for Christ’s birth. This sense of longing is beautifully captured by Isaiah in today’s first reading. We do well to recall that Isaiah was probably writing between 750 and 700
Monday of the First Week in Advent – Option 1 – Mt 8:5-11 Today’s Gospel presents us with the centurion who approaches Jesus and asks that his servant be healed. The Roman solider shows a great deal of virtue that we can meditate upon. In the Opus imperfectum, a 5th century commentary on the Gospel
First Sunday of Advent – Year C Is 2:1-5; Ps 122: 1-2, 3-4, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9; Rom 13:11-14; Mt 24:37-44 Brothers and sisters, today we celebrate the First Sunday of Advent, the liturgical season that comes right before the celebration of Christmas. After four short weeks, hopefully we’ll have prepared ourselves to receive the
Saturday of the Thirty-fourth Week of Ordinary Time November 26th, 2022 – Lk 21: 34-36 Today we celebrate the very last day of the liturgical year; come this evening, we’ll already be starting our celebration of Advent. The Gospel is a very fitting conclusion for this week’s readings, which have reminded us, time and time
Friday of the 34th Week in Ordinary Time – November 25th 2022 – Lk 21:29-33 As we approach the end of the liturgical year and the beginning of Advent, today’s Gospel continues Jesus’ discourse regarding the end times, and warns us of future persecutions. Just like all of the Gospel readings this week, Jesus reminds
Thanksgiving – November 24th, 2022 Today we celebrate Thanksgiving, and there’s no better way to do so than to come together for the Holy Mass; that’s because the word Eucharist comes from the Greek word εὐχαριστία (eucharistia), which means thankfulness or thanksgiving. The Mass, then, is the real Thanksgiving meal. When Saint Thomas Aquinas writes
Wednesday of the Thirty-fourth Week in Ordinary Time – Nov 23rd, 2022 – Lk 21:12-19 Today’s Gospel continues Jesus’ discourse regarding the end times, and warns us of future persecutions. Just like all of the Gospel readings this week, Jesus reminds us not to lose faith during difficult times. We can see three concrete helps
Saint Cecilia (Readings from Tuesday of the Thirty-fourth Week in Ordinary Time) – Nov 22nd 2022, Lk 21:5-11 Today’s Gospel offers us an opportunity to mediate on how “the present form of this world is passing away” (1 Cor 7:31). Jesus’ prophesy concerning the destruction of the temple reminds us that the things of this
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