Blog Post by Cornelius Buckley S.J.
< 1 min read
20 December 2013
20 December 2013 Friday of the Third Week of Advent The Annunciation is the Advent event. The Virgin Mary, better than anyone else, can help us ...
Start Reading
1 min read
19 December 2013
19 December 2013 Thursday of the Third Week of Advent Samson, whose birth was announced in the 1st reading, is one more link in the chain to ...
Start Reading
1 min read
18 December 2013
18 December 2013 Wednesday of the Third Week of Advent In the first reading today Jeremiah describes in a most cryptic manner what the promised ...
Start Reading
1 min read
17 December 2013
17 December 2013 Tuesday of the Third Week of Advent We have in the readings today a brief summary of God’s plan for his people throughout ...
Start Reading
1 min read
16 December 2013
16 December 2013 Monday of the Third Week of Advent The first reading today is bizarre at best. It reports the account of Balaam, a pagan ...
Start Reading
1 min read
15 December 2013
15 December 2013 Third Sunday of Advent “Hang in there, Baby!” That was the message printed under a picture of a cat on a poster that once ...
Start Reading
1 min read
19 October 2013
19 October 2013 Memorial of Saints John de Brébeuf and Isaac Jogues, Priests, and Companions, Martyrs Today we celebrate the feast of the North ...
Start Reading
1 min read
18 October 2013
18 October 2013 Feast of Saint Luke, Evangelist Today is t he feast day of St. Luke the Evangelist. So, let me share with you a conceit of ...
Start Reading
1 min read
17 October 2013
17 October 2013 Memorial of Saint Ignatius of Antioch, Bishop and Martyr Jesus continues to condemn the Pharisees in today’s Gospel. The basis ...
Start Reading
1 min read
16 October 2013
16 October 2013 Wednesday of the Twenty-eighth Week in Ordinary Time The anger Jesus showed in yesterday’s Gospel is a prelude to greater anger ...
Start Reading