17 August 2020
17 August 2020 Monday of the Twentieth Week in Ordinary Time As Jesus invites the rich young man to follow Him, He gives the man a piece of ...
16 August 2020
16 August 2020 Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time Jesus praises the Canaanite woman for her response in asking for help for her daughter, saying ...
15 August 2020
15 August 2020 Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary An elderly priest once told me the following story, which occurred ...
14 August 2020
14 August 2020 Memorial of St. Maximilian Kolbe, Priest and Martyr St. Maximilian Kolbe was a prisoner in a Nazi concentration camp. When a ...
13 August 2020
13 August 2020 Thursday of the Nineteenth Week in Ordinary Time Today Jesus tells us one of His most challenging parables, illustrating for us ...
12 August 2020
12 August 2020 Wednesday of the Nineteenth Week in Ordinary Time Today Jesus speaks to us of reconciliation between ourselves and our brethren ...
11 August 2020
11 August 2020 Memorial of St. Clare, Virgin So far this week the Gospels have exhorted us to cultivate two realities in our soul: trust and ...
10 August 2020
10 August 2020 Feast of St. Lawrence, Deacon and Martyr John 12:24-26 In the novel Peter Pan, there is a moment when the immortal child, ...
9 August 2020
9 August 2020 Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time “Take courage, it is I; do not be afraid.” The last several months have been difficult to say ...
8 August 2020
8 August 2020 Memorial of Saint Dominic, Priest In today’s first reading, the prophet Habakkuk raises a timeless question about God’s justice ...