Blog Post by Richard Nichols S.J.
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17 September 2017
17 September 2017 Twenty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time “Wrath and anger are hateful things, yet the sinner hugs them tight” (Sir 27:30). Why ...
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22 July 2017
22 July 2017 Feast of Saint Mary Magdalene “Mary Magdalene came to the tomb early in the morning, while it was still dark, and saw the stone ...
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21 July 2017
21 July 2017 Friday of the Fifteenth Week in Ordinary Time Which divine laws admit of exceptions, and which don’t? In other words, which laws ...
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20 July 2017
20 July 2017 Thursday of the Fifteenth Week in Ordinary Time Who is the true god of the sun? Is it Ra, as the ancient Egyptians believed? Or is ...
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19 July 2017
19 July 2017 Wednesday of the Fifteenth Week in Ordinary Time “I would rather feel compunction than know its definition.” That’s an old saw ...
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18 July 2017
18 July 2017 Tuesday of the Fifteenth Week in Ordinary Time “Moses” is not a Hebrew name. It’s Egyptian. Pharaoh’s daughter gave the name ...
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17 July 2017
17 July 2017 Monday of the Fifteenth Week in Ordinary Time Because of famine, the Hebrew people fled from the land of Israel down to Egypt. ...
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16 July 2017
16 July 2017 Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Chapter 55 of the prophet Isaiah compares God’s word to the rain and the snow that come down ...
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20 May 2017
20 May 2017 Saturday of the Fifth Week of Easter In Acts 16:1-10, Paul and Timothy tried to proclaim the gospel throughout what we would now ...
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19 May 2017
19 May 2017 Friday of the Fifth Week of Easter Jesus said that “it was not you who chose me, but I who chose you and appointed you” (John ...
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