10/16/2021 – St. Gerard Majella
St. Gerard Majella is the patron of expectant mothers. He was born in 1726 in Muro, Italy to a family of seven. Majella grew up in a poverty with a great respect for the poor. As he was just 12 when his father passed away, he was forced to grow up fast. Shortly after his […]
29Th Sunday in Ordinary Time B
Mark 10:42-45 A Mind-Blowing Mystery is Suffering. What’s its purpose? Physically Jesus suffered horribly in His Passion and death. He suffered mentally in the garden before His arrest. He suffered emotionally from the rejection of people. Jesus even suffered the abandonment of His closest friends. He died alone. All His suffering had a purpose. He […]
October 16, 2021, Saturday 28th Week in Ordinary Time
October 16, 2021, Saturday 28th Week in Ordinary Time Luke 12:8-12 Please open your Scriptures and read these verses prayerfully. Father, are you going to say grace? Sitting down at a luncheon/meeting with a variety of people can be a challenge. Of course, you are aware that some of the people are Catholic. Others you […]
10/15/2021 – St. Teresa of Avila
Teresa of Avila was born Teresa Ali Fatim Corella Sanchez de Capeda y Ahumada in Avila, Spain. Less than twenty years before Teresa was born in 1515, Columbus opened up the Western Hemisphere to European colonization. Two years after she was born, Luther started the Protestant Reformation. Out of all of this change came Teresa […]
10/14/2021 – St. Callistus
Pope Callistus I is celebrated in churches throughout the world as a saint and martyr on October 14. The saint caused a major controversy, including a schism that lasted almost two decades, by choosing to emphasize God’s mercy in his ministry. However, the early Pope’s model of leadership has endured, and his martyrdom in the […]
October 14, 2021, Thursday 28th Week in Ordinary Time
Luke 11: 11:47-54 Please open your Scriptures and read these verses prayerfully. Getting to Know You. "You have taken away the key of knowledge. You yourselves did not enter, and you stopped those trying to enter." Do you remember or ever heard the song, "Getting to Know you, getting to know all about you? Marni […]
10/13/2021 – St. Edward
Edward the Confessor was the son of King Ethelred III and his Norman wife, Emma, daughter of Duke Richard I of Normandy. He was born at Islip, England, and sent to Normandy with his mother in the year 1013 when the Danes under Sweyn and his son Canute invaded England. Canute remained in England and […]
10/12/2021 – St. Felix and Cyprian
Martyred bishops of Africa who were driven out into the Sahara Desert by the Vandals’ King Hunneric, an Arian. They were reportedly accompanied by almost five thousand Catholics. Their trials and tribulations were recorded by Victor of Utica, a contemporary.
October 13, 2021 Wednesday 28th Week in Ordinary Time
One little decisions can determine our destiny. Luke 11: 11:42-46 Please open your Scriptures and read these verses prayerfully. One little decisions can determine our destiny. “Woe to you Pharisees!” A driver who is intoxicated from alcohol or narcotics before driving can bring great harm to themselves and others. “No harm will come to me.” […]
October 12, 2021, Tuesday 28th Week in Ordinary Time
Giving alms – a pathway to healthy relationships. Luke 11: 11:37-41 Please open your Scriptures and read these verses prayerfully. "Man looks at appearance, but God looks into the heart" (1 Samuel 16:7). Jesus could look into people’s hearts and size them up. A Pharisee invited Jesus to dine with him in his home. Strange […]