Our Lady of Sorrows – Option 2 – September 15th Today we celebrate the Memorial of Our Lady of Sorrows, which falls on the day after the Exaltation of the Cross. It’s worth noting, though, that the feast also falls on the octave of Mary’s birthday, September 8th. Liturgically, then, today culminates what could be […]
Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross – September 14th Today we celebrate the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross. The origins of this feast are not very clear, but it can be said that there are at least three events that are remembered in this celebration. First, according to a tradition,
Wednesday of the 23rd Week of Ordinary Time – Lk 6:20-26 In today’s Gospel, we heard Christ proclaim the Beatitudes. Over the centuries, the fathers and doctors of the Church have consistently pointed to the Sermon on the Mount, and especially the Beatitudes, as the “plan for the Kingdom of Christ.” As Saint Thomas Aquinas
Memorial of the Most Holy Name of Mary – September 12th Today, September 12th, we celebrate the optional memorial of the Feast of the Most Holy Name of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The feast was first instituted in order to celebrate the victory of the Christian forces over the Ottoman Empire in the Battle of
Monday of the Twenty-third Week in Ordinary Time – Option 2 – Lk 6:6-11 What happens in today’s Gospel can take us by surprise: the scribes and the Pharisees wait to see if Jesus will heal a man with a withered hand, and, when He does, they “become enraged.” It doesn’t seem to make much
Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time – Year A Ez 33:7-9, Ps 95:1-2, 6-7, 8-9, Rom 13:8-10, Mt 18:15-20 All of us here know people, perhaps even members of our family, who lead lives that are contrary to what Christ wants, and so all of us can learn a great deal from what we’ve just
Memorial of Saint Peter Claver – September 9th Today we celebrate the feast day of Saint Peter Claver. Claver was a Jesuit who for forty years ministered to the slaves who would come into the Colombian city of Cartagena. It’s estimated that he personally baptized some 300,000 slaves who passed through what was then
Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary – September 8th Today we celebrate the nativity, or birthday, of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Usually for saints we celebrate their dies natalis, which literally means “birthday” in Latin, but refers to the day their earthly life ended and on which they were born into eternal
Thursday of the Twenty-second week in Ordinary Time – Lk 5:1-11 In the Gospel we just heard the call of Saint Peter. When we think about it, it is interesting that Peter obeyed Jesus’ request: “Put out into deep water and lower your nets for a catch.” Duc in altum. It’s interesting, because there are
Wednesday of the Twenty-second Week in Ordinary Time – Lk 4:38-44 There are two points that are worth meditating on in today’s Gospel: the fever, and the reaction of the crowds. First, Jesus heals Simon’s mother-in-law from a fever. Note that it’s not just any kind of fever: Luke, the physician, is very precisely in
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