Blog Post by William Manaker S.J.
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25 June 2025
Wednesday of the Twelfth Week in Ordinary Time The way of faithfulness involves a certain darkness, because it is not always obvious to us ...
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24 June 2025
Solemnity of the Nativity of Saint John the Baptist Today as a Church we celebrate the nativity of John the Baptist, the last and greatest of ...
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23 June 2025
Monday of the Twelfth Week in Ordinary Time Today in the weekday lectionary we begin reading selections from the story of Israel and its ...
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22 June 2025
The Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ They all ate and were satisfied. With these words, Luke’s Gospel account of the feeding ...
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19 April 2025
Holy Saturday At the Easter Vigil in the Holy Night of Easter The mystery of this day is the mystery of silence. The work that Christ had come ...
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18 April 2025
Good Friday of the Lord’s Passion In the first reading of today’s celebration of the Lord’s Passion, we hear the last and greatest of Isaiah’s ...
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17 April 2025
Holy Thursday -Evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper What I am doing, you do not understand now, but you will understand later. We hear these words ...
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16 April 2025
Wednesday of Holy Week On this day, sometimes called “Spy Wednesday,” Isaiah sings of resoluteness in the face of trials:
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15 April 2025
Tuesday of Holy Week Today’s reading from Isaiah speaks of the Lord’s servant as a sharp-edged sword concealed beneath his arm and as a ...
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14 April 2025
Monday of Holy Week The first reading today is the first of Isaiah’s “servant songs,” texts which the Church from the time of the apostles has ...
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