Christmas Weekday
St. Augustine once said that sometimes we don’t receive what we ask for because God is still preparing our hearts to be big enough to receive what he has in store. Both the first reading and the psalm remind us that whatever we ask from our father in heaven, we will surely receive, but we […]
Epiphany of the Lord
From today’s Scripture: “Nations shall walk by your light, and kings by your shining radiance.”—Is 60:3 One part of the liturgical rite at Baptism signifies the pilgrim life of a Christian. That is, a life of carrying the light in a dark world. “Receive this light and may it be found burning at Christ’s return,” […]
St. Elizabeth Ann Seton
From today’s Scripture: “We have found the Messiah.”—Jn 1:41 John the Baptist was preaching and baptizing along the Jordan River in the south of Israel. His purpose was to point out the Messiah, the long-awaited savior or liberator of the Jewish people whose land had been occupied by the Roman Army for about 90 years. […]
Christmas Weekday
From today’s Scripture: “All the ends of the earth have seen the salvation by our God.”—Ps 98:3 We all face the deadening temptation of not remembering the wonderful gifts we have received from God. For example, when we are baptized, we are taken into the family of God, becoming his daughter or his Son and […]
Sts. Basil & Gregory
From today’s Scripture: “All the ends of the earth have seen the salvation by our God.”—Ps 98:3 We all face the deadening temptation of not remembering the wonderful gifts we have received from God. For example, when we are baptized, we are taken into the family of God, becoming his daughter or his Son and […]
Mary, Mother of God
From today’s Scripture: “This is how you shall bless the Israelites. Say to them: The Lord bless you and keep you! The Lord let his face shine upon you and be gracious to you. The Lord look upon you kindly and give you peace.”—Nm 6:23-26 God told Moses how much he loved and cared for […]
Seventh Day of Christmas Octave
From today’s Scripture: “And the Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us, and we saw his glory.”—Jn 1:14 Christmas is beyond imagination. The one who made our Milky Way galaxy with its 100 billion stars and the one who made hundreds of billions of other galaxies became a human in a tiny country […]
Sixth Day of Christmas Octave
From today’s Scripture: “Do not love the world or the things of the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father in not in him.”—1 Jn 2:15 St. John’s letter challenges us to put first things first. I think our tendency is to try to love both our Father and the things […]
Holy Family of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph
From today’s Scripture: “Each year Jesus’ parents went to Jerusalem for the feast of Passover.”—Lk 2:41 This was not like Catholics attending Midnight Mass every year. Their transportation was on foot, and Jerusalem was about 95 miles south of Nazareth. So they spent about three days walking each way, and the Passover Festival lasted seven […]
Feast of the Holy Innocents
From today’s Scripture: “Then the other disciple also went in, the one who had arrived at the tomb first, and he saw and believed.”—Jn 20:8 Today we celebrate the feast of St. John the Apostle. St. John was a special friend of Jesus. One of the best examples of this friendship was that he stood […]
