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William Manaker S.J.

Blog Post by William Manaker S.J.

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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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2 September 2025

Tuesday of the Twenty-second Week in Ordinary Time One of the more common signs that Jesus works—as in today’s Gospel (Luke 4:31–37)—is the ...
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1 September 2025

Monday of the Twenty-second Week in Ordinary Time In today’s gospel (Luke 4:16–30), we return again to the beginning of Jesus’s public ministry ...
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31 August 2025

Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time At a first glance, Jesus’s parable in today’s Gospel (Luke 14:1, 7–14) about taking the lowest place ...
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28 June 2025

Optional Memorial of the Immaculate Heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary Is anything too marvelous for the LORD to do? Quite simply, no! Nothing is ...
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27 June 2025

Solemnity of Most Sacred Heart of Jesus Today’s readings present the Lord Jesus to us as the Good Shepherd, the kind of shepherd who, having a ...
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26 June 2025

Thursday of the Twelfth Week in Ordinary Time The story of Hagar and Ishmael in today’s first reading offers several points for reflection and ...
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