In conspectu Domini
Friday of the Nineteenth Week of the Year I Joshua 24:1-13 Psalm 135:1-3, 16-18, 21-22 and 24 Matthew 19:3-12 In Ranks Before God In today’s...
Saint Dominic
Eighteenth Wednesday of the Year I Numbers 13:1-2, 25–14:1, 26a-29a, 34-35 Psalm 105: 6-7ab, 13-14, 21-22, 23 (R. 4a) Matthew 15:21-28 The Mercy of God...
Moses Was Very Meek
Tuesday of the Eighteenth Week of the Year I Numbers 12:1-13 Psalm 50:1-2, 3-4ab, 4cd-5, 10-11 Mt 14:22-36 Miriam and Aaron Together with Moses, Miriam...
Idolators or Adorers?
Monday of the Seventeenth Week of the Year I Exodus 32:15-34 Matthew 13:31-35 Idolatry Sins of idolatry and faithlessness are not as remote from us...
The Blood of the New and Eternal Covenant
Saturday of the Sixteenth Week of the Year I Exodus 24:3-8 A Mystic Outline of the Mass We see in today’s lesson from the Book...
Behold the Sower Went Forth to Sow
Friday of the Sixteenth Week of the Year I Exodus 20:1-17 Psalm 18:8, 9, 10, 11 Matthew 13:18-23 The Law Through Moses In today’s lesson...
Let Nothing Affright Thee
This medieval image is not directly related to today’s reflection on the lesson from the Book of Exodus read at Mass. It depicts Saint Birgitta...
When God Asks Us to Change
Rembrandt shows Jacob on his deathbed in Egypt, blessing the sons of Joseph. God was faithful to His promise. Joseph closed his father’s eyes. Friday...
Mansit solus
Genesis 32:23-33 And He Withdrew From Them The patriarch Jacob prefigures Our Lord at prayer in the Garden of Gethsemani. “How so?” you ask. When...
Et ero custos tuus
Genesis 28:10-22 I Will Be Thy Keeper For all who, like the patriarch Jacob, journey, and seek, and dream, there is a message of hope...
When the Kingdom of God Comes Nigh
Isaiah 66:10 – 14 Galatians 6:14 – 18 Luke 10:1 – 20 Joy and Thanksgiving Today’s Holy Mass invites us to joy and to thanksgiving:...
Envy, An Ugly Sin
Thursday of the Twelfth Week of the Year I Genesis 16:1-12, 15-16 The painting of Hagar in the wilderness is by Giovanni Lanfranco. It hangs...
The Mercy of God in the Face of His Christ
Saturday After Ash Wednesday The Voice of Mercy While we are yet on the threshold of Lent, Christ Jesus, the incarnate Mercy of God, passes...
And He Arose
Monday of the Seventh Week of the Year I Mark 9:14–29 A Tormented Child Today’s Gospel recounts the deliverance of a boy tormented by an...
The Measure of Our Weakness
Sixth Friday of the Year I Mark 8:34-9:1 I just came from the altar, having celebrated the Votive Mass of the Most Precious Blood. This...
The Joy of All Our Days
A Feast in Europe In all of Europe today is the feast of Saints Cyril and Methodius, co–patrons of Europe with Saint Benedict, Saint Catherine...
Reading the Signs
Tuesday of the Sixth Week of the Year I Mark 8:14–21 Unintelligence My French Bible subtitles today’s passage from Saint Mark: “The Unintelligence of the...
Sin Crouching at the Door
Monday of the Sixth Week of the Year I Genesis 4:1–15, 25 Cain’s Fallen Countenance The Sacred Liturgy sends us today to Chapter 4 of...
Da nobis quaesumus
Friday of the Fifth Week of the Year I Mark 7:31–37 Mediators and Intercessors “And they brought to Him one deaf and dumb; and they...
Eight Days Would Be Enough
The Saints in Our Lives The saints come into our lives, each one with a particular mission. We do not choose the saints to whom...