Readings: • Ex 19:2-6a • Psa 100:1-2, 3, 5 • Rom 5:6-11 • Mt 9:36-10:8 One description of the Church that is emphasized in the documents of the Second Vatican Council is “the people of […]
Readings: • Dt 8:2-3, 14b-16a • Psa 147:12-13, 14-15, 19-20 • 1 Cor 10:16-17 • Jn 6:51-58 The English author G. K. Chesterton (1874-1936) was a constant source of wisdom and encouragement while I was […]
Readings: • Ex 34:4B-6, 8-9 • Dn 3:52, 53, 54, 55, 56 • 2 Cor 13:11-13 • Jn 3:16-18 “The divine nature,” wrote St. Thomas Aquinas, “is really and entirely identical with each of the […]
Readings: • Acts 2:1-12 • Ps 104:1, 24, 29-30, 31, 34 • 1 Cor 12:3b-7, 12-13 or Gal 5:16-25 • Jn 20:19-23 or Jn 15:26-27; 16:12-15 “Heavenly King, Comforter, Spirit of Truth, who are everywhere […]
Readings: • Acts 1:12-14 • Psa 27:1, 4, 7-8 • 1 Pt 4:13-16 • Jn 17:1-11a “Our Father, who art in heaven…” You know the rest. We are all familiar with The Lord’s Prayer, given […]
Readings: • Acts 8:4-8, 14-17 • Psa 66:1-3, 4-5, 6-7, 16, 20 • 1 Pet 3:15-18 • Jn 14:15-21 How would you answer this question: “Who do you think is the most mysterious and enigmatic […]
Readings: • Acts 6:1-7 • Psa 33:1-2, 4-5, 18-19 • 1 Pet 2:4-9 • Jn 14:1-12 Perhaps you, like me, know people who express a belief in Jesus but have little or no interest in […]
Readings: • Acts 2:14a, 36-41 • Ps 23:1-2a, 3b-4, 5, 6 • 1 Pet 2:20b-25 • Jn 10:1-10 It would be difficult to find a more eloquent tribute to Saint Peter than that written by […]
“Indeed it is through chastity that we are gathered together and led back to the unity from which we were fragmented into multiplicity.” — Saint Augustine, Confessions (quoted in CCC 2340) “I appeal to you therefore, brethren, by […]
Readings: • Acts 2:14, 22-33 • Psa. 16:1-2,5,7-11 • 1 Pet. 1:17-21 • Lk. 24:13-35 I grew up attending a small Fundamentalist Bible chapel that believed the Lord’s Supper should be commemorated each week. Nearly […]
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