Blog Post by William Manaker S.J.
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14 November 2025
Memorial of Saint Joseph Pignatelli, Religious Today, Jesuit churches celebrate another one of our own: Saint Joseph Pignatelli (1737–1811), a ...
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13 November 2025
Memorial of Saint Stanislaus Kostka, Religious (Frances Xavier Cabrini, Virgin) In today’s Gospel reading, Jesus tells the Pharisees who are ...
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12 November 2025
Memorial of Saint Josaphat, Bishop and Martyr Today’s Gospel reading offers us another characteristic of our Lord’s heart in which we can ...
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11 November 2025
Memorial of Saint Martin of Tours, Bishop Today’s saint offers us a lens through which we can interpret Jesus’s Gospel teaching. Martin of ...
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10 November 2025
Memorial of Saint Leo the Great, Pope and Doctor of the Church In today’s Gospel, our Lord warns of things that cause sin—literally, a scandal ...
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09 November 2025
Feast of the Dedication of the Lateran Basilica in Rome From a certain perspective, today’s feast—the dedication of an ancient church in Rome, ...
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6 September 2025
Saturday of the Twenty-second Week in Ordinary Time At the end of today’s Gospel (Luke 6:1–5), our Lord makes the statement, The Son of Man is ...
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5 September 2025
Friday of the Twenty-second Week in Ordinary Time Today’s Gospel (Luke 5:33–39) speaks of the newness, the joy, and the freshness that Jesus ...
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4 September 2025
Thursday of the Twenty-second Week in Ordinary Time In today’s Gospel (Luke 5:1–11), which narrates the calling of Simon Peter, we can find an ...
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3 September 2025
Memorial of Saint Gregory the Great, Pope and Doctor of the Church The people of Capernaum who go to find Jesus at the end of today’s Gospel ...
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