Blog Post by Michael Maher S.J.
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5 November 2025
Wednesday of the Thirty-first Week in Ordinary Time November’s darkening days, the cascade of leaves from trees to ground, and the chill in the ...
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4 November 2025
Memorial of Saint Charles Borromeo, Bishop Few saints captured the spirit and fervor of the Catholic reform of the late 16th century then ...
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3 November 2025
Solemnity of All Saints of the Society of Jesus Today, Jesuit communities and institutions within the Ignatian family celebrate all the saints ...
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2 November 2025
The Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed (All Souls) The Church’s teaching on purgatory has caused no little skirmish. Seen by some ...
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30 August 2025
Saturday of the Twenty-first Week in Ordinary Time Labor Day weekend ushers in the formal end of summer, and for many, this weekend is the ...
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29 August 2025
Memorial of the Passion of Saint John the Baptist Like most “old sayings” there usually is truth in their content. My favorite is “no good deed ...
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28 August 2025
Memorial of Saint Augustine, Bishop and Doctor of the Church All eyes are on St. Augustine and the order he established now that we have an ...
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27 August 2025
Memorial of Saint Monica Whereas God the Father had a son “obedient unto death, death on a cross,” Monica, the mother of St. Augustine, had an ...
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26 August 2025
Tuesday of the Twenty-first Week in Ordinary Time In today’s gospel, Jesus admonishes the Pharisees for forgetting the weightier things of the ...
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25 August 2025
Monday of the Twenty-first Week in Ordinary Time Hypocrisy has always been considered one of the least admirable traits one could possess. ...
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