Blog Post by William Manaker S.J.
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11 July 2024
Memorial of Saint Benedict, abbot In today’s Gospel reading, Jesus continues his instructions to the Twelve before sending them out on mission. ...
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10 July 2024
Wednesday of the Fourteenth Week in Ordinary Time Each of today’s Scripture readings speaks in a different way to the urgency of the Lord’s ...
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9 July 2024
Optional Memorial of Saint Augustine Zhao Rong, priest, and companions, martyrs Today’s Gospel reading presents us with the scene of great ...
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8 July 2024
Monday of the Fourteenth Week in Ordinary Time In today’s first reading from the prophet Hosea, the Lord speaks to Israel as to his beloved ...
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7 July 2024
Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Jesus was not able to perform any mighty deed there, apart from curing a few sick people by laying his hands ...
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4 May 2024
Saturday of the Fifth Week of Easter In today’s Gospel, Jesus employs the image of “the world.” This “world,” as Jesus portrays it, is hostile ...
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3 May 2024
Feast of Saints Philip and James, Apostles “Amen, amen, I say to you, whoever believes in me will do the works that I do, and will do greater ...
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2 May 2024
Memorial of Saint Athanasius, Bishop and Doctor of the Church One antiphon from the Holy Thursday liturgy, Ubi caritas, states that where true ...
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1 May 2024
Wednesday of the Fifth Week of Easter Today’s Gospel reading of the vine and the branches offers us an opportunity to make a kind of ...
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30 April 2024
Tuesday of Fifth Week of Easter As one who grew up in a military family, moving from place to place around the country, I often had to take ...
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