2nd Thursday in Ordinary Time
From today’s Scripture: “To do your will, O my God, is my delight… May all who seek you exult and be glad in you.”—Ps 40:9, 17 We have so much access to “bad news” that it can be easy to discount the prayer of the psalmist. The author teaches us that doing God’s will and […]
Day of Prayer for the Legal Protection of Unborn Children
From today’s Scripture: “Looking around at them with anger, and grieved at their hardness of heart, Jesus said to the man, ‘Stretch out your hand.’ He stretched it out and his hand was restored.”—Mk 3:5 Here is an opportunity for Jesus to perform a healing on the sabbath. After he does, the Pharisees plot to […]
Memorial of St. Agnes
From today’s Scripture: “…be strongly encouraged to hold fast to the hope that lies before us. This we have as an anchor of the soul, sure and firm…”—Heb 6:18-19 Jubilee Year 2025 is underway. Pope Francis proclaimed hope as its central message. Check out the logo on the Vatican’s website to see that the lower […]
2nd Monday in Ordinary Time
From today’s Scripture: “‘Why do the disciples of John and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, but your disciples do not fast?’ Jesus answered them, ‘Can the wedding guests fast while the bridegroom is with them?’”—Mk 2:18-19 Jesus cleverly picked a wedding as an example of inappropriate fasting. Many of us choose to fast from […]
2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time
From today’s Scripture: “There are different kinds of spiritual gifts but the same Spirit…But one and the same Spirit produces all of these, distributing them individually to each person as he wishes.’”—1 Cor 12:4, 11 Paul taught that spiritual gifts (healing, prophecy, deeds, faith, discernment and more) are from the Spirit, manifest the Spirit, and […]
First Saturday in Ordinary Time
From today’s Scripture: “I did not come to call the righteous but sinners.”—Mk 2:17 For the proud and haughty, these words of Christ will be rejected. They will reject being called a sinner. So they walk away from the mercy of God. It is only when our head is bowed and our heart is softened […]
St. Anthony
From today’s Scripture: “When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, ‘Child, your sins are forgiven.’”—Mk 2:5 Over and over again in the Scriptures the blind see, the lame walk, the paralyzed move freely, the dead are raised. It takes great faith, and so many seem to have that kind of faith. Faith […]
First Thursday in Ordinary Time
From today’s Scripture: “The Holy Spirit says: O, that today you would hear his voice, ‘harden not your hearts as at the rebellion.’”—Heb 3:7-8 We need to have a listening mind and heart on the journey with Jesus. The Holy Spirit speaks often through a friend who speaks the truth. I find the Spirit speaks […]
First Wednesday in Ordinary Time
From today’s Scripture: “He approached, grasped her hand, and helped her up. Then the fever left her and she waited on them.”—Mk 1:31 This is not a passage about how women should serve! It is all about the tenderness of Jesus’ response when he finds someone overcome by sickness and his immediate reaction to raise […]
First Tuesday in Ordinary Time
From today’s Scripture: “For it is fitting that…he should make the leader of their salvation perfect through suffering.”—Heb 2:10 I have an unusual habit. Each day I walk “the way of love” (Way of the Cross) and I am made aware of the cost of love. Imagine how Jesus’ sufferings, done with total love, saved […]
