22 August 2026
Memorial of the Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary “Whoever humbles himself will be exalted.” This closing line of today’s Gospel reading is ...
21 August 2026
Memorial of Saint Pius X, Pope “Son of man, can these bones come to life?” So the Lord asks the prophet Ezekiel in today’s first reading. And ...
20 August 2026
Memorial of Saint Bernard, Abbot and Doctor of the Church In today’s first reading, we hear God’s moving promise to the exiles in Babylon: “I ...
19 August 2026
Wednesday of the Twentieth Week in Ordinary Time Optional Memorial of Saint John Eudes, Priest Today’s readings offer us two contrasting but ...
18 August 2026
Tuesday of the Twentieth Week in Ordinary Time Jesuit Churches: Memorial of Saint Alberto Hurtado Cruchaga, Priest “It will be hard for one who ...
17 August 2026
Monday of the Twentieth Week in Ordinary Time In the Spiritual Exercises, Saint Ignatius of Loyola proposes a meditation often called “The ...
16 August 2026
Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time Especially for twenty-first century sensibilities, Jesus’s actions in today’s Gospel are challenging. From a ...
15 August 2026
Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Today the Church marks the celebration of Mary’s bodily assumption into heaven. Although ...
14 August 2026
Memorial of Saint Maximilian Kolbe, Priest and Martyr Maximilian Kolbe’s life provides us with an opportunity reflect on the horrors which ...
13 August 2026
Thursday of the Nineteenth Week in Ordinary Time Optional Memorial of Saint Pontian, Pope and Martyr, and Saint Hippolytus, Priest and Martyr ...