Saturday of the Twentieth Week in Ordinary Time – Mt 23:1-12 – Odd years Since today is Saturday, and it’s the day where we typically honor the Blessed Virgin Mary, I’d like to consider the first reading from the book of Ruth. It’s unfortunate that we skip over so much of it: we started hearing […]
Friday of the Twentieth Week in Ordinary Time – Mt 22:34-40 Today’s Gospel presents us with the greatest commandments of the Law, and it’s worth noting that the principles Jesus gives are positive ones; they are things to be done, and not things to be avoided. This is because the foundation of the law is
Saint Bartholomew – Option 2 – August 24th Today we celebrate the feast of Saint Bartholomew, literally, the son of Talemy, who has been identified with Nathanael. We know very little about his life before, during, and after the Gospels. Some traditions seek to identify him with the young spouse at the wedding at
Wednesday of the Twentieth Week in Ordinary Time – Mt 20:1-16 Today’s Gospel presents us with the parable of the workers in the vineyard. Although the scene might seem somewhat foreign to us, to His listeners, Jesus’ parable expressed a very common reality. Towards the end of September, the grapes were ready for harvesting,
Queenship of Mary Today we celebrate the Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The feast was instituted in 1954 by Pope Pius XII with the encyclical letter Ad Caeli Reginam, and falls on the octave of the Assumption. Summarizing centuries of tradition, Saint Alphonsus Ligouri explained why Mary is a Queen by saying simply, “because
Monday of the 20th Week in Ordinary Time – Mt 19:16-22 Today’s Gospel reminds us of the great dignity of our vocations as Christians and, to those who are in religious life, to that vocation in particular. In today’s Gospel we see God’s love for the people He has chosen for His own.
Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time – Year A Is 56:1, 6-7, Ps 67:2-3, 5, 6, 8, Rom 11:13-15, 29-32, Mt 15:21-28 Today’s readings remind us how God calls each and every one of us to be a saint. In the first reading, Isaiah prophesizes that people from all over will “join themselves to the Lord,
Saturday of the 19th Week of Ordinary Time – Mt 19:13-15 Today’s short Gospel gives us a glimpse into the life and ministry of Jesus. We’re told that children “were brought to Jesus.” In Luke’s Gospel, we’re told particularly that infants were brought to Jesus, presumably by their mothers. There must have been something
Friday of the 19th Week of Ordinary Time – Mt 19:3-12 Today’s first reading and Gospel point out two important characteristics of love, be it the love God has for us and that we should have for Him, or the love that spouses should have for each other, which is an image of that
Thursday of the 19th Week of Ordinary Time – Option 2 – Mt 18:21–19:1 Today’s Gospel brings us face to face with the reality of sin and the need to forgive. Peter asks if forgiving his brother seven times is sufficient: recall that in Genesis Cain was to be avenged seven times over, and
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