Blog Post by Cornelius Buckley S.J.
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12 January 2016
12 January 2016 Tuesday of the First Week in Ordinary Time We hear so much today about the evils of abortion, same sex “marriage” and physician ...
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11 January 2016
11 January 2016 Monday of the First Week in Ordinary Time Today’s Gospel records that at the very beginning of his Public Life, Jesus announced ...
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10 January 2016
10 January 2016 The Baptism of the Lord In today’s Gospel we learn that when Christ began his public life people “were filled with ...
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14 November 2015
14 November 2015 Saturday of the Thirty-second Week in Ordinary Time Courage is the virtue needed to persevere in prayer. That is one of the ...
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13 November 2015
13 November 2015 Memorial of Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini, Virgin In the Gospel we get a glimpse of society before the flood and before the ...
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12 November 2015
12 November 2015 Memorial of Saint Josaphat, Bishop and Martyr By his response to the questions the Pharisees asked him, Jesus assures us that ...
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11 November 2015
11 November 2015 Memorial of Saint Martin of Tours, Bishop The Gospel today gives me a wonderful example of the double nature of prayer. The ...
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10 November 2015
10 November 2015 Memorial of Saint Leo the Great What a consolation it is to reflect on today’s 1st reading. Why? Because we’ve been hearing so ...
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9 November 2015
9 November 2015 Feast of the Dedication of the Lateran Basilica in Rome At first sight this may appear to be a strange feast, the commemoration ...
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8 November 2015
8 November 2015 Thirty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time Jesus used the parable in today’s Gospel to denounce those who flash about external signs ...
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