Blog Post by William Manaker S.J.
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19 January 2026
Monday of the Second Week in Ordinary Time Throughout this week, our first reading at Mass comes from the first and second book of Samuel and ...
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18 January 2026
Second Sunday in Ordinary Time The one who sent me to baptize with water told me, “On whomever you see the Spirit come down and remain, he is ...
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15 November 2025
Optional Memorial of Saint Albert the Great, Bishop and Doctor of the Church Will not God . . . secure the rights of his chosen ones who call ...
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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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