Wednesday of the Nineteenth Week in Ordinary Time – 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 heard. The Gospel focuses on the need to […]
Solemnity of the Assumption – August 15th Today we celebrate the Solemnity of the Assumption, a dogma defined in 1950 by Venerable Pius XII, with the words: “we pronounce, declare, and define it to be a divinely revealed dogma: that the Immaculate Mother of God, the ever Virgin Mary, having completed the course of
Saint Maximilian Kolbe – August 14th Today we celebrate the memorial of Saint Maximilian Kolbe, a Franciscan who was martyred on this day during the Second World War after offering his life in exchange for one of his fellow prisoners. This is the heroic act that we usually associate with Saint Maximilian, but we’d
Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time – Year A 1 Kgs 19:9a,11-13a; Ps 85:9-14; Rm 9:1-5; Mt 14:22-33 Today’s Gospel teaches us a great deal about trust in God and about divine providence. We can consider three points: first, what the disciples feared, second, Peter’s sinking, and, lasting, Christ’s kingship. First, the disciples were
Saturday of the Eighteenth Week in Ordinary Time – Mt 17:14-20 Today’s Gospel recounts for us a failed healing of a “lunatic,” and then Jesus’ reply to His disciples when they asked why they couldn’t perform the miracle. We can consider both the man who was sick, and the healing and the reply that Jesus
Friday of the 18th Week of Ordinary Time – Option 2 – Mt 16:24-28 Today’s Gospel presents us with a wonderful truth of the Christian life. Using beautiful imagery from nature, Jesus tells us that unless we give ourselves fully to Him by dying to our desires and wants, we really won’t bear fruit
Thursday of the 18th Week in Ordinary Time – Mt 16:13-23 Today’s Gospel recounts for us Peter’s confession of faith. There is a lot that could be said, but we can consider, first, the physical location of the confession, and then two points that can be applied to our lives. First, the physical backdrop for
Wednesday of the 18th Week of Ordinary Time – Mt 15: 21-28 As we make our way through the dog days of summer, we’re presented with some dog references in the liturgy. In today’s Gospel, Matthew recalls for us the exchange between Christ and the Canaanite woman from the region of Tyre and Sidon,
Tuesday of the Eighteenth Week in Ordinary Time – Mt 14:22-36 Today’s Gospel teaches us a great deal about trust in God and about divine providence. We can consider three points: first, what the disciples feared, second, Peter’s sinking, and, third, Christ’s kingship. First, the disciples were very afraid of the storm. During
Monday of the 18th Week of Ordinary Time – Mt 14:13-21 In today’s Gospel, Matthew recounts the feeding of the five thousand with five loaves and two fish. The Fathers and Doctors of the Church and early Christian writers point out a number of details regarding this miracle, and we can, in turn, apply
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