Charity
A Lesson on Divine Love
Fr. Nathaniel Dreyer, IVE Monday, 5th Week of Easter Last Thursday, we started taking the Gospel readings for daily Mass from the Last Supper discourse
April 30, 2018
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From the Pulpit
Mary’s Gift is Judas’ Scorn
Fr. Nathaniel Dreyer, IVE Monday of Holy Week There’s a great deal that could be said about today’s Gospel, but one thing that calls our attention
March 26, 2018
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Daily Life
Perfecting Prayer
Fr. Nathaniel Dreyer, IVE Monday, Fourth Week of Lent Today’s Gospel presents us with Christ in Cana in Galilee, and a royal official who comes
March 12, 2018
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From the Pulpit
Humility and Holiness
Fr. Nathaniel Dreyer, IVE Tuesday, Second Week of Lent Jesus ends today’s Gospel with a lesson about humility: “Whoever exalts himself will be humbled; but
February 27, 2018
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Daily Life
“As We Forgive Those…”
Fr. Nathaniel Dreyer, IVE Monday, Second Week of Lent Today’s brief Gospel—all of three verses—contains Christ’s words telling us how we are to deal with
February 25, 2018
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Daily Life
“Whoever is angry…”
Fr. Nathaniel Dreyer, IVE Friday, First Week of Lent Today’s Gospel gives us some beautiful insights into the nature of anger. Christ says, “I say
February 23, 2018
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Daily Life
Actions have Eternal Consequences
Fr. Nathaniel Dreyer, IVEMonday, First Week of Lent “Last Judgment” – Stefan Lochner, circa 1435. There’s a lot that could be said about today’s Gospel, but we can consider just two points: first, what Christ says about heaven and hell, and, secondly, the importance of the little things we do as religious.Regarding the first, we’re reminded that Christ “wills everyone to be saved and to come to knowledge of the truth” (1 Tm 2:4). Jesus tells those who have a […]
February 20, 2018
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From the Pulpit
When Ash Wednesday meets Valentine’s Day
Fr. Nathaniel Dreyer, IVEAsh Wednesday February 1945, Bliealf, Germany. U.S. Soldiers receive the Eucharist at Mass in a bombed out church from the hands of Assistant Division Chaplain Father Sullivan. As some of you might know, this year is the first year since 1945 that Valentine’s Day and Ash Wednesday have coincided. At first, it might seem that the two celebrations couldn’t be any more different, since Valentine’s Day has become the rather worldly, sentimental, and saccha […]
February 14, 2018
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Blessed Virgin Mary
Seeking Greater Goods
Fr. Nathaniel Dreyer, IVEMemorial of St. Agatha, Virgin & Martyr Christ Healing a Woman with an Issue of Blood – Veronese, London, National Gallery “They begged Jesus that they might touch only the tassel on His cloak” (Mk 6:56). If we meditate on the request of the citizens of Gennesaret, there are two truths that emerge. First, notice that, out of all the things the citizens of Gennesaret could’ve asked Jesus for, they asked only to touch His cloak, and not even t […]
February 5, 2018
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From the Pulpit
Esto vir…Be a Man!
Fr. Nathaniel Dreyer, IVEThursday of the 4th Week in Ordinary Time David, by Michelangelo In today’s first reading, King David lays dying, and his last pieces of advice to his son Solomon include an injunction that is useful for us too. David tells his son: “Take courage and be a man.”In the Latin Vulgate, it’s esto vir. Esto vir: be a man, and it’s linked to practicing the virtue of courage (or fortitude). In fact, Saint John Paul II said just that: “To be m […]
January 2, 2018
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