Blog Post by Richard Nichols S.J.
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20 June 2026
Saturday of the Eleventh Week in Ordinary Time Optional Memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary Whom does a public servant serve? Whom does a ...
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19 June 2026
Friday of the Eleventh Week in Ordinary Time Optional Memorial of Saint Romuald, Abbot I have served as a chaplain full-time in a hospital for ...
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18 June 2026
Thursday of the Eleventh Week in Ordinary Time Ignatian spirituality has a highly individualized focus. It puts great emphasis on a personal ...
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17 June 2026
Wednesday of the Eleventh Week in Ordinary Time You have a Father in heaven who sees what is hidden and who will repay you. He is not swayed by ...
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16 June 2026
Tuesday of the Eleventh Week in Ordinary Time The Gospel readings at daily Mass this week are all from the Sermon on the Mount: Matthew ...
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15 June 2026
Monday of the Eleventh Week in Ordinary Time Sometimes the most loving act possible in the circumstances is just to let it go. On the other ...
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14 June 2026
Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time A visitor once approached the abbot of a contemplative monastery that had a strict cloister, where the monks ...
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04 April 2026
Holy Saturday According to St. Ignatius Loyola, when Christ died, his soul and body were separated from each other. The body remained in the ...
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03 April 2026
Good Friday of the Lord's Passion Good Friday is not a holy day of obligation. Catholics are not obliged under pain of sin to go to church ...
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02 April 2026
Holy Thursday St. Ignatius Loyola, in his Spiritual Exercises, encourages retreatants to meditate on the Last Supper in order to experience ...
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