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
November 21st, 2022 – Memorial of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary Today we celebrate the memorial of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Although the event isn’t found in the canonical Gospels, in 543 a Jerusalem basilica was dedicated to our Lady in memory of her Presentation. Possibly as a memorial of
The Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe, November 19th-20th, 2022 Brothers and sisters, today we celebrate the Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe. This is the last Sunday in ordinary time, and so the Church asks us to take time to mediate on Our Lord as King
Saturday of the 33rd Week of Ordinary Time – November 19th, 2022 – Lk 20:27-40 Today’s Gospel should probably sound familiar, because we just heard it as the Sunday Gospel for the 32nd Sunday of Ordinary Time, so not even two weeks ago. Then, we talked about the resurrection of the body, and how
Friday of the Thirty-third Week in Ordinary Time – Saint Rose Philippine Duchesne November 18th 2022 Today in the United States we celebrate Saint Rose Philippine Duchesne, one of the pioneer missionaries in the United States, a saint whose life beautifully reflects the missionary adventure: she served God in the way He asked to
Memorial of Saint Elizabeth of Hungary (Reading from Thursday of the 33rd Week of Ordinary Time) – November 17th, 2022 – Lk 19:41-44 In today’s Gospel Christ laments the fact that the Jews are blinded to what is really important: “If this day you only knew what makes for peace–but now it is hidden from
Wednesday of the Thirty-third Week in Ordinary Time – Nov 16th, 2022 – Lk 19:11-28 Today’s Gospel presents a lengthy parable that, as Luke writes, Jesus intended for those who thought the Kingdom of God was going to appear immediately. His listeners thought that Jesus would overthrow the Romans and restore the kingdom of Israel,
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