30 August 2018
30 August 2018 Thursday of the Twenty-First Week in Ordinary Time “Stay awake!” The Scribes and Pharisees, Herod and Herodias: the blind and ...
29 August 2018
29 August 2018 Memorial of the Passion of St. John the Baptist King Herod was not blind: he was deaf: “When [Herod] heard [John] speak he was ...
28 August 2018
28 August 2018 Memorial of St. Augustine, Bishop and Doctor of the Church Not only have the scribes and Pharisees lost sight of the supreme ...
27 August 2018
27 August 2018 Memorial of St. Monica Yesterday we saw the contrast between hearing and listening, and the importance of receiving the Word we ...
26 August 2018
26 August 2018 Twenty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time “This saying is hard; who can accept it?” All of Jesus’ talk of eating His flesh and ...
25 August 2018
25 August 2018 Saturday of the Twentieth Week in Ordinary Time When the Lord appears to Ezekiel, he does not remain insensible to the Lord’s ...
24 August 2018
24 August 2018 Feast of Saint Bartholomew, Apostle A bit of confusion may arise from today’s Gospel being read on today’s feast. The Church is ...
23 August 2018
23 August 2018 Thursday of the Twentieth Week in Ordinary Time Again this week we hear the comparison of union with God to a wedding feast. How ...
22 August 2018
22 August 2018 Memorial of the Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary We are made for eternal and ecstatic union with the Lord. So, too, are each ...
21 August 2018
21 August 2018 Memorial of St. Pius X, Pope Partaking of the understanding which Wisdom offers to those who feast in her dwelling involves ...