Blog Post by William Manaker S.J.
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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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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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