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  • Saint of the Day

      Saint of the Day St. Guy of Anderlecht St. Guy (950–1012), also known as the "Poor Man of Anderlecht," was born to pious parents of humble means in the country village of Anderlecht near Brussels. Having no money for school, from his childhood he s...
  • Feast Day

      Today’s Feast Day Holy Name of Mary On September 12th the Church venerates the Holy Name of the Blessed Virgin Mary because of her unique privilege as the holiest of creatures, the Mother of God, and the Queen of Heaven and Earth. Her name is there...
  • Gospel/Homily

    Liturgical day: Wednesday 23rd in Ordinary Time View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Lc 6,20-26): Lifting up his eyes to his disciples, Jesus said, «Fortunate are you who are poor, the kingdom of God is yours. Fortunate are you who are hungry now, for you will be filled. Fortunate are...
  • Lectionary Readings

    USCCB »  Bible »  Daily Readings   September 12, 2018   « September 11  |  September 13 »   Wednesday of the Twenty-third Week in Ordinary TimeLectionary: 439 Reading 1 1 Cor 7...
  • Don't be Seduced by the power of Evil

    September 11, 2018 Don’t Be Seduced by the “Glamour of Evil” Dr. Gregory Popcak Many Catholics will be familiar with the question, “Do you reject the glamour of evil?”  that was part of the older form of the renewal of baptismal promises. It’s a phrase...
  • Saint of the Day

      Saint of the Day St. Jean-Gabriel Perboyre St. Jean-Gabriel Perboyre (1802-1840) was one of eight children born to a farming family in France. He was a pious child and served as a model of virtue for his childhood companions. He discerned a call to the p...
  • Verse of the Day

    Verse of the Day "Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth. Worship the Lord with gladness; come into his presence with singing. Know that the Lord is God. It is he that made us, and we are his; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture. Enter his gates with thanksgivi...
  • Gospel/Homily

    Liturgical day: Tuesday 23rd in Ordinary Time View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Lc 6,12-19): Jesus went out into the hills to pray, spending the whole night in prayer with God. When day came, He called his disciples to him and chose twelve of them whom He called apostles: Simon, whom He ...
  • Lectionary Readings

    USCCB »  Bible »  Daily Readings   September 11, 2018   « September 10  |  September 12 »   Tuesday of the Twenty-third Week in Ordinary TimeLectionary: 438 Reading 1 1 Cor 6:1...
  • Meditations

      Meditation of the Day "Some people who think themselves naturally gifted don’t want to touch either philosophy or logic. They don’t even want to learn natural science. They demand bare faith alone—as if they wanted to harvest grapes right away without...
  • Fruits of Redemption

    September 10, 2018 Fruits of Redemption Br. Dominic Koester, O.P. “I’m starved…cheeseburgers…. …What was that idea I had for my ethics paper?… …Man, my knees really hurt right now…” During the final minutes of a Holy Hour, it&rsqu...
  • St. Bl. Pierre Bonhomme

    September 10, 2018 Bl. Pierre Bonhomme: Preaching With His Life Richard Becker “Then will the eyes of the blind be opened, the ears of the deaf be cleared; then will the lame leap like a stag, then the tongue of the mute will sing” (Is 35.5-6). “Preach the Gospel at all...
  • St. Paul's Radical Promise

    September 10, 2018 St. Paul’s Radical Promise: The Fullness of God Will Fill Us Stephen Beale In his epistles, St. Paul employs a simple yet profound metaphor to describe Christ’s divinity. For in Him dwells the whole fullness of the deity bodily (Colossians 2:9). For in Him a...
  • Nuns riding an Elephant

    Thought a little fun would lighten up your day.   The Joy of These Two Religious Sisters Riding an Elephant Will Absolutely Make Your Day Christian Living Cool People by ChurchPOP Editor - September 9, 2018   Sisters of St. Mary, Oregon / Flickr/ ChurchPOP ...
  • Saint of the Day

    Saint of the Day St. Ambrose Edward Barlow St. Ambrose Edward Barlow (1585-1641) was born near Manchester, England, to a noble family. He was baptized Catholic at his birth, but was raised Protestant when Catholicism was outlawed by the reigning monarchy. His grandf...
  • Gospel/Homily

    Liturgical day: Monday 23rd in Ordinary Time View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Lc 6,6-11): On another Sabbath Jesus entered the synagogue and began teaching. There was a man with a paralyzed right hand and the teachers of the Law and the Pharisees watched him: Would Jesus heal the man on...
  • Lectionary Readings

    USCCB »  Bible »  Daily Readings   September 10, 2018   « September 9  |  September 11 »   Monday of the Twenty-third Week in Ordinary TimeLectionary: 437 Reading 1 1 Cor 5:1-8...
  • Saint of the Day

      Saint of the Day St. Kieran the Younger St. Kieran the Younger (512-546 A.D.), also known as St. Ciaran, was born in Connacht, Ireland, the son of a carpenter. He demonstrated a great aptitude in his studies, being educated by a holy deacon who had him...
  • Gospel/Homily

    Liturgical day: Sunday 23rd (B) in Ordinary Time View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mc 7,31-37): Again Jesus set out; from the country of Tyre He passed through Sidon and skirting the sea of Galilee He came to the territory of Decapolis. There was a deaf man who also had difficulty in spe...
  • Lectionary Readings

    USCCB »  Bible »  Daily Readings   September 9, 2018   « September 8  |  September 10 »   Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary TimeLectionary: 128 Reading 1 Is 35:4-7a Thus says th...
  • Saint of the Day

      Saint of the Day St. Adrian of Nicomedia St. Adrian of Nicomedia (d. 306 A.D.) lived under the Christian persecutions of the Roman Emperor Galerius Maximian. Thirty-three Christians were seized in Nicomedia, brought before a judge, and ordered to be sa...
  • Feast Day

      Today’s Feast Day Nativity of the Virgin Mary The Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary is celebrated on September 8th, nine months after the Feast of the Immaculate Conception. The Blessed Virgin’s parents, St. Ann and Joachim, we...
  • Gospel/Homily

    Liturgical day: September 8th: Birth of Mary View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mt 1,1-16.18-23): This is how Jesus Christ was born. Mary his mother had been given to Joseph in marriage but before they lived together, she was found to be pregnant through the Holy Spirit. Then Joseph, her ...
  • Lectionary Readings

    USCCB »  Bible »  Daily Readings   September 8, 2018   « September 7  |  September 9 »   Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin MaryLectionary: 636 Reading 1 Mi 5:1-4a Th...
  • The Deaf Will Hear and the Mute Will Speak

    September 7, 2018 Scripture Speaks: The Deaf Will Hear, the Mute Will Speak Gayle Somers When Jesus heals a deaf, mute man, He fulfills an old prophecy in a startling, unexpected way. How? Gospel (Read Mk 7:31-37) St. Mark describes for us an episode that took place while Jesus was min...
  • Pray for the Church and Her Priests

    September 7, 2018 Pray for the Church and Her Priests Caitlin Marchand This week marks the fifteenth anniversary of the death of the priest who baptized and confirmed me, Monsignor Donald Neumann. We were so blessed to have a priest who was a true Father to his people. I remember him in two w...
  • St. Clodoald A Light for the World Trapped in Darkness

    September 7, 2018 Saint Clodoald: A Light for a World Trapped in Darkness Matthew B. Rose What do we do when we face the evil of our past?  Not what we have done, but rather the evils done to us in our innocence.  How should we respond to evil done against us? The lives of two men ...
  • Verse of the Day

      Verse of the Day "But even if you do suffer for doing what is right, you are blessed. Do not fear what they fear, and do not be intimidated, but in your hearts sanctify Christ as Lord. Always be ready to make your defense to anyone who demands from you an accounting fo...
  • Saint of the Day

      Saint of the Day St. Regina Saint Regina (d. 286 A.D.) was born to pagan parents in France. Her mother died in childbirth, and her father gave her to the care of a Christian nurse who secretly baptized her and raised her in the Christian fait...
  • Gospel/Homily

    Liturgical day: Friday 22nd in Ordinary Time View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Lc 5,33-39): Some people asked Jesus, «The disciples of John fast often and say long prayers, and so do the disciples of the Pharisees. Why is it that your disciples eat and drink?». Then Jesus sai...
  • Lectionary Readings

    USCCB »  Bible »  Daily Readings   September 7, 2018   « September 6  |  September 8 »   Friday of the Twenty-second Week in Ordinary TimeLectionary: 435 Reading 1 1 Cor 4:1-5 ...
  • Origins of theHoly Rosary

    * My grandmother was a Lutheran. She took up the Rosary and Prayed it Several times a day. So it is not just a Catholic way of life.   September 6, 2018 Origins of the Holy Rosary Fr. William Saunders The rosary is one of the most cherished prayers of our Catholic Church. Archbishop Fu...
  • The Real Truth About Our Defiled Hearts

    September 6, 2018 The Real Truth About Our Defiled Hearts Fr. Nnamdi Moneme, OMV I was shocked and disgusted at the airport a few weeks ago when I noticed two men giggling like children as they watched pornographic movies in the middle of a crowded airport lounge. To have the guts to do such ...
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  • The Evil One and Today's Society

    September 6, 2018 The Evil One and Today’s Society Fr. Paolo Carlin In his first letter, St. John writes: “The whole world is in the power of the Evil One” (1 John 5:19). The presence of the Evil One strives little by little to have man and society distance themselves from G...
  • Saint of the Day

      Saint of the Day St. Eleutherius the Abbot St. Eleutherius (d. 585 A.D.) was a monk living in Spoleto, Italy. Little is known of his early life. He became the Abbot of St. Mark's Abbey and was well-known as a man of simplicity and penance. He also demons...
  • Gospel/Homily

    Liturgical day: Thursday 22nd in Ordinary Time View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Lc 5,1-11): One day, as Jesus stood by the Lake of Gennesaret, with a crowd gathered around him listening to the word of God, He caught sight of two boats left at the water's edge by the fishermen now washin...
  • Lectionary Readings

    USCCB »  Bible »  Daily Readings   September 6, 2018   « September 5  |  September 7 »   Thursday of the Twenty-second Week in Ordinary TimeLectionary: 434 Reading 1 1 Cor 3:18...
  • The Church is Calling:

    August 30, 2018 The Church is Calling: Be a Mystic! Roman Catholic Spiritual Direction The Church is Calling: Be A Mystic! Often, we hear the word mystic, and think of such words as rapture, ecstasy, visionary, and so on. On one hand, rightfully so, the likes of Saint Padre...
  • Don't Get Trapped By Nagativity

    September 5, 2018 Don’t Get Trapped By Negativity Br. Joseph Graziano, O.P. How sad, how lack-luster a life he leads Who delights to describe the death he sees. How rotten be the heart of a brother Who snivels ‘bout the rot in another! One thing we can know for certain about ...
  • The Early Visions of St. Mother Teresa

    September 5, 2018 The Early Visions of St. Mother Teresa David Scott After Mother Teresa died, officials preparing her sainthood cause discovered a small cache of letters written to her spiritual directors and superiors during her early years. She had long ago destroyed her notes and diaries ...
  • From Crisis to Conversion from Warefare to Victory

    September 5, 2018 From Crisis to Conversion: From Warfare to Victory Kathleen Beckman We are experiencing anew the revelation of terrible clergy crimes, the violation of a sacred trust from some whom we considered shepherds and fathers. The weight of sorrow for the abuse victims is unspeakabl...
  • Saint of the Day

      Saint of the Day St. Mother Teresa of Calcutta St. Mother Teresa of Calcutta (1910–1997), known simply as Mother Teresa, was born to a family of Albanian descent in what is now Macedonia. As a young girl Mother Teresa was fascinated by stories sh...
  • Gospel/Homily

    Liturgical day: Wednesday 22nd in Ordinary Time View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Lc 4,38-44): Leaving the synagogue, Jesus went to the house of Simon. His mother-in-law was suffering from high fever and they asked him to do something for her. Bending over her, He rebuked the fever, and ...
  • Lectionary Readings

    USCCB »  Bible »  Daily Readings   September 5, 2018   « September 4  |  September 6 »   Wednesday of the Twenty-second Week in Ordinary TimeLectionary: 433 Reading 1 1 Cor 3:1...
  • Devotion of the Month

     Devotion of the Month Month of Our Lady of Sorrows The Church dedicates the month of September to Our Lady of Sorrows. This devotion recalls the Blessed Virgin Mary’s spiritual martyrdom in virtue of her perfect union with the Passion of Christ. T...
  • Saint of the Day

      Saint of the Day St. Rosalia St. Rosalia (1130–1166 A.D.) was born to a wealthy and noble Norman family, descendants of Charlemagne who had migrated to Sicily. From a young age Rosalia was strongly drawn to Christ, which caused her to leave her l...
  • Gospel/Homily

    Liturgical day: Tuesday 22nd in Ordinary Time View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Lc 4,31-37): Jesus went down to Capernaum, a town of Galilee, and began teaching the people at the sabbath meetings. They were astonished at the way He taught them, for his word was spoken with authority. In ...
  • Lectionary Readings

    USCCB »  Bible »  Daily Readings   September 4, 2018   « September 3  |  September 5 »   Tuesday of the Twenty-second Week in Ordinary TimeLectionary: 432 Reading 1 1 Cor 2:10b...
  • How a Priest Tried to Shut up a Parishioner at Mass

    Lord, have mercy on us all. She’s right. People are rightfully upset and looking for guidance. “People don’t want finessed press releases,” she writes at the end. Whatever details investigations find at this point, I think it’s safe to say that this crisis in the Chur...
  • The Church ia caalling

    August 30, 2018 The Church is Calling: Be a Mystic! Roman Catholic Spiritual Direction The Church is Calling: Be A Mystic! Often, we hear the word mystic, and think of such words as rapture, ecstasy, visionary, and so on. On one hand, rightfully so, the likes of Saint Padre...
  • What Mary's Fiat Shows us about Christ an ourselves

    September 3, 2018 What Mary’s Fiat Shows Us about Christ — And Ourselves Stephen Beale There is one word that defines for us, more than any other, how Mary responds to God’s plan for the redemption of the world and her indispensable role in it. Fiat. This is the Latin word...
  • Saint of the Day

      Saint of the Day Pope St. Gregory the Great Pope St. Gregory the Great (540-604 A.D.) was the son of a wealthy Roman senator. His mother and two of his aunts are also saints, which provided him with a strong and devout religious upbringing. His skill i...
  • Verse of the Day

     Verse of the Day "For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be the firstborn within a large family. And those whom he predestined he also called; and those whom he called he also justified; and those whom h...
  • Gospel/Homily

    Liturgical day: Monday 22nd in Ordinary Time Saints September 3rd: St. Gregory the Great, Pope and Doctor of the Church View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Lc 4,16-30): When Jesus came to Nazareth where He had been brought up, He entered the synagogue on the Sabbath as He usually did. He ...
  • Lectionary Readings

    USCCB »  Bible »  Daily Readings   September 3, 2018   « September 2  |  September 4 »   Memorial of Saint Gregory the Great, Pope and Doctor of the ChurchLectionary: 431 Readi...
  • Meditations

      Meditation of the Day "For want of contrition, innumerable Confessions are either sacrilegious or invalid; the penitent so often breaks his promises to God, and falls again so easily into the same faults, and many souls are eternally lost. Contrition is that true and l...
  • How ro think of the Holy Spirit

    How to Think of the Holy Spirit As a Divine Person Stephen Beale In the creed, the liturgy, and every time we cross ourselves we affirm that the Holy Spirit is one of three divine persons. However, many of us probably struggle to think of the Holy Spirit as a person. As one Catholic educati...
  • Saint of the Day

      Saint of the Day St. Brocard St. Brocard (d. 1231 A.D.) was a Frenchman who traveled to the Holy Land to enter into religious life there. He was among the first group of hermits to establish a community of monks on Mount Carmel. Details of his life are s...
  • Gospel/Homily

    Liturgical day: Sunday 22nd (B) in Ordinary Time View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mc 7,1-8.14-15.21-23): One day the Pharisees gathered around Jesus and with them were some teachers of the Law who had just come from Jerusalem. They noticed that some of his disciples were eating their me...
  • Lectionary Readings

    USCCB »  Bible »  Daily Readings   September 2, 2018   « September 1  |  September 3 »   Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary TimeLectionary: 125 Reading 1 Dt 4:1-2, 6-8 Moses sai...
  • Why does the Virgin Mary have so many Names

    Church & Faith     Why does the Virgin Mary Have So Many Names, Titles, and Feasts? August 14, 2015 By Veronica Mena 26 Comments   The name Mary mentioned in the Bible as the Virgin Mother of Jesus is one of the most endearingly popular names in the Christian wo...
  • It's Not Time to Abandon the Church

    “It’s Not Time to Abandon the Church; It’s Time to Fight,” Says Bp. Robert Barron Church Life Videos by ChurchPOP Editor - August 31, 2018   Wikimedia Commons, Public Domain This is really something to think about! In a recent video entitled...
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  • Devotion of the Month

      Devotion of the Month Month of Our Lady of Sorrows The Church dedicates the month of September to Our Lady of Sorrows. This devotion recalls the Blessed Virgin Mary’s spiritual martyrdom in virtue of her perfect union with the Passion of Chr...
  • Saint of the Day

      Saint of the Day St. Giles St. Giles (7th c.) was born to a wealthy and noble Greek family. He devoted his life to the things of God and grew in sanctity, but found that his material and spiritual riches drew unwanted praise and attention. To escape pr...
  • Gospel/Homily

    Liturgical day: Saturday 21st in Ordinary Time View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mt 25,14-30): Jesus told this parable to his disciples, «Imagine someone who, before going abroad, summoned his servants to entrust his property to them. He gave five talents of silver to one, then two...
  • Gospel/Homily

    USCCB »  Bible »  Daily Readings   September 1, 2018   « August 31  |  September 2 »   Saturday of the Twenty-first Week in Ordinary TimeLectionary: 430 Reading 1 1 Cor 1:26-31...
  • Lectionary Readings

    USCCB »  Bible »  Daily Readings   September 1, 2018   « August 31  |  September 2 »   Saturday of the Twenty-first Week in Ordinary TimeLectionary: 430 Reading 1 1 Cor 1:26-31...
  • Meditations

    Meditation of the Day "He who is humble, even though he fall through frailty, soon repents with sorrow and implores the divine assistance to help him to amend; nor is he astonished at having fallen, because he knows that of himself he is only capable of evil and would do far worse...
  • Saint of the Day

      Saint of the Day St. Raymond Nonnatus St. Raymond Nonnatus (1200-1240) was born in Catalonia, Spain, to a noble family. His life was saved by caesarean section after his mother died in childbirth, earning him the name 'Nonnatus' meaning 'one not b...
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  • Gospel/Homily

    Liturgical day: Saturday 21st in Ordinary Time View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mt 25,14-30): Jesus told this parable to his disciples, «Imagine someone who, before going abroad, summoned his servants to entrust his property to them. He gave five talents of silver to one, then two...
  • Lectionary Readings

    USCCB »  Bible »  Daily Readings   August 31 , 2018   « August 30  |  September 1 »   Friday of the Twenty-first Week in Ordinary TimeLectionary: 429 Reading 1 1 Cor 1:17-25 B...
  • In the Midst of the Scandal

    August 31, 2018 In the Midst of Scandal, We Need Truth Russell Shaw Statements by Pope Francis and American bishops reacting to the Church’s sex abuse scandal suggest they are serious about getting to the roots of what happened and doing something meaningful about it.  That include...
  • St. Clare of Assisi

      Saint of the Day St. Clare of Assisi St. Clare (1194–1253) was born in Assisi, Italy to an aristocratic family, the daughter of a wealthy count. From childhood she was pious after the example of her mother, and as she grew her longing for God inc...
  • Gospel/Homily

    Liturgical day: Saturday 18th in Ordinary Time Saints August 11th: St. Clare of Assisi. virgin View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mt 17,14-20): A man approached Jesus, knelt before him and said, «Sir, have pity on my son who is an epileptic and is in a wretched state. He has often ...
  • Liturgical Reading

    USCCB »  Bible »  Daily Readings   August 11, 2018   « August 10  |  August 12 »   Memorial of Saint Clare, virginLectionary: 412 Reading 1 Hab 1:12—2:4 Are you not from...
  • Elijah's Bread and the Eucharist

    August 10, 2018 Elijah’s Bread and the Eucharist Marcellino D'Ambrosio, Ph.D. It’s hard enough to do the right thing. But when you get blame for it instead of praise, it really takes the wind out of your sails, even if you happen to be a prophet. This is background we need in ord...
  • Losing My Religion: A Faithful Lay Response

    August 10, 2018 Losing My Religion: A Faithful, Lay Response To “Uncle Ted” Dr. Gregory Popcak It’s hard to know what’s worse.  The recent revelations about Cardinal Theodore “Uncle Ted” McCarrick’s decades-long career as a homosexual predator or...
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  • St. Lawrence

      Saint of the Day St. Lawrence of Rome St. Lawrence of Rome (d. 258 A.D.) was likely a Spaniard by birth who lived in Rome while Christianity was outlawed under pain of death. He was appointed by Pope St. Sixtus II as archdeacon over the seven deacons o...
  • Gospel/Homily

    Liturgical day: August 10th: St. Lawrence, martyr View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Jn 12,24-26): Jesus said, «Truly, I say to you, unless the grain of wheat falls to the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it produces much fruit. Those who love their life destroy it,...
  • Liturgical Reading

    USCCB »  Bible »  Daily Readings   August 10, 2018   « August 9  |  August 11 »   Feast of Saint Lawrence, Deacon and MartyrLectionary: 618 Reading 1 2 Cor 9:6-10 Brothers and...
  • Liturgical Vestments

    August 9, 2018 Liturgical Vestments Fr. William Saunders The liturgical vestments worn at Mass have evolved over time. Nevertheless, since the earliest days of the Church, liturgical vestments have been worn by priests for the celebration of the Mass. Even though priests of the Old Testament ...
  • Living Holy Lives Will Help Heal Church

    August 9, 2018 Living Holy Lives Will Help Heal the Church Constance T. Hull As the depths of the moral and spiritual corruption in the hierarchy continue to be brought into the light, many in the laity are wondering what should and can be done in response? Some want massive overhauls of the ...
  • St. Tersa Beneditca

      Saint of the Day St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (1891–1942) was born as Edith Stein in Prussia, the youngest of eleven children from a devout Jewish family. She was a bright and gifted child, and as she m...
  • Gospel/Homily

    Liturgical day: Thursday 18th in Ordinary Time Saints August 9th: St. Teresia Benedicta a Cruce (of the Cross), patron saint of Europe View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mt 16,13-23): Jesus came to Caesarea Philippi. He asked his disciples, «Who do people say the Son of Man is?&raq...
  • Liturgical Reading

    USCCB »  Bible »  Daily Readings   August 9, 2018   « August 8  |  August 10 »   Thursday of the Eighteenth Week in Ordinary TimeLectionary: 410 Reading 1 Jer 31:31-34 The day...
  • The Success and Failures Of St. Dominic

    August 8, 2018 The Success (and Failures) of Saint Dominic Richard Becker Although Dominic had hoped to journey to barbarous lands to preach and eventually to achieve martyrdom, this was denied him. ~ from The Lives of the Saints, ed. Father Joseph Vann (1954) Baptism is about death. We ...
  • Meekness is the Way to Soften our Saden Hearts

    August 8, 2018 Meekness is the Way to Soften Our Hardness of Heart Jeannie Ewing “The Holy Spirit sometimes calls upon us to transcend the logic of fairness and simple justice and rise to a level of interior spiritual combat at which we fight ourselves instead of fighting others.&rdqu...
  • St. Dominic's Mission To Pray and Preach

    August 8, 2018 Saint Dominic’s Mission: To Pray, To Preach, To Bless Dr. Kevin Vost “To Praise”: Saint Dominic and the Contemplative Style We will focus soon enough on Saint Dominic as the foundational and ultimate Dominican doer, but this great saint was a first-rate think...
  • St. Dominic

      Saint of the Day St. Dominic de Guzman St. Dominic (1170–1221) was born in Spain to a family of noble lineage. His mother, Blessed Jane of Aza, prayed at the church of St. Dominic Silos to conceive a male child, her first two sons being given to ...
  • Gospel/Homily

    Liturgical day: Wednesday 18th in Ordinary Time View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mt 15,21-28): Jesus withdrew to the region of Tyre and Sidon. Now a Canaanite woman came from those borders and began to cry out, «Lord, Son of David, have pity on me! My daughter is tormented by a de...
  • Liturgical Reading

    USCCB »  Bible »  Daily Readings   August 8, 2018   « August 7  |  August 9 »   Memorial of Saint Dominic, PriestLectionary: 409 Reading 1 Jer 31:1-7 At that time, says the LO...
  • We Love Because He First Loved Us

    August 3, 2018 We Love Because He First Loved Us Sean Mitchell “We love because he first loved us” (1 John 4:19).  These words from the first letter of John beautifully and succinctly sum up the origin and end of the Christian life—which, in a word, is love.  &ldqu...
  • Embrace God's Will to Grow In Spiritual Perfection

    August 7, 2018 Embrace God’s Will to Grow in Spiritual Perfection Fr. Philip Dion When we are thinking of the things we would like to do in the spiritual order — the faults we would like to overcome and the virtues we would like to acquire — it is beneficial for us to ask, &...
  • Gospel/Homily

    Liturgical day: Tuesday 18th in Ordinary Time View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mt 14,22-36): After the crowds have eaten their fill, Jesus obliged his disciples to get into the boat and go ahead of him to the other side, while He sent the crowd away. And having sent the people away, He ...
  • Liturgical Reading

    USCCB »  Bible »  Daily Readings   August 7, 2018   « August 6  |  August 8 »   Tuesday of the Eighteenth Week in Ordinary TimeLectionary: 408 Reading 1 Jer 30:1-2, 12-15, 18-2...
  • Transfiguration of Our Lord

    August 6, 2018 Transfiguration of Our Lord Jesus Christ took three of His disciples, Peter, James, and John, up on a mountain, where Moses and Elijah appeared and Jesus was transfigured before them; His face and clothes becoming white and shining as light, and a voice came out of heaven sayi...
  • We Love Because He First Loved Us

    August 3, 2018 We Love Because He First Loved Us Sean Mitchell “We love because he first loved us” (1 John 4:19).  These words from the first letter of John beautifully and succinctly sum up the origin and end of the Christian life—which, in a word, is love.  &ldqu...
  • Examination of Conscience

    August 2, 2018 Examination of Conscience and Repentance – Part 9 Mini-Course on Prayer Roman Catholic Spiritual Direction Mini-Course on Prayer Part 9 “FATHER E “- Examination of Conscience Examination of Conscience and Repentance Editor’s Note: In Part 8 of this m...
  • Unrelated Contririon

    August 6, 2018 Unrelenting Contrition Br. John Mark Solitario, O.P. Saint Teresa of Calcutta famously said to her Missionaries of Charity, “God does not call us to be successful but to be faithful.” Really, these words provide a panacea for anyone tempted toward perfectionism as w...
  • Saint of the Day

     Saint of the Day Bl. Maria Francesca Rubatto Bl. Maria Francesca of Jesus Rubatto (1844– 1904) was one of eight children from an Italian family. Her father died when she was four. In her teenage years she received an offer of marriage, which she declined...