From today’s Scripture: “I will leave your son one tribe for the sake of my servant David and of Jerusalem, which I have chosen.”—1 Kgs

From today’s Scripture: “Nothing that enters one from the outside can defile that person; but the things that come out from within are what defile.”—Mk

From today’s Scripture: “You disregard God’s commandments but cling to human tradition.”—Mk 7:8 How often do we try to change or nudge the Church’s teachings

From today’s Scripture: “…a dwelling where you may abide forever.”—1 Kgs 8:13 In the Old Testament of the Bible, God dwelled in the holy of

From today’s Scripture: “Then your light shall break forth like the dawn.”—Is 58:8 It can sometimes seem like the world is trying to diminish our

From today’s Scripture: “Give your servant, therefore, an understanding heart to judge your people and to distinguish right from wrong.”—1 Kgs 3:9 Solomon was a

From today’s Scripture: “Like the choice fat of the sacred offerings, so was David in Israel.”—Sir 47:2 The first reading from Sirach extols all the

From today’s Scripture: “Jesus summoned the Twelve and began to send them out two by two and gave them authority over unclean spirits. He instructed

When I moved to Florida, my first friends were my colleagues in my department. One in particular became like family. Her husband and mine were

From today’s Scripture: “Christ took away our infirmities and bore our diseases.”—Alleluia verse The meditation of our Alleluia precedes Mark’s account of two miracles of