Yesterday in the Catholic Church we celebrated the Feast of the Conversion of Saint Paul when, on the road to Damascus, he encountered Jesus Christ in voice and vision of light, was blinded, brought again to see by the laying on of hands and faith; and forever after became an instrument of Christ. […]
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SIMPLE GOSPEL
I went to mass today and listened to a simple gospel. “This is the time of fulfillment. The kingdom of God is at hand. Repent, and believe in the gospel,” Jesus proclaimed in announcement of his purpose. Next, seeing Simon (Peter) and his brother Andrew by the sea, he tells, “Come after […]
ORDINARY TIME
Today marks beginning to Ordinary Time in the Catholic Liturgical year. Today’s first reading comes from the book of Samuel when his mother, Hannah, goes before the Lord and high priest, Eli, to pray for a child. After speaking before the priest, Hannah stays in silence—praying still—and the priest mocks her, thinking her something […]
ARIAN HERESY
“Beloved: who is the liar? Whoever denies that Jesus is the Christ. Whoever denies the Father and the Son, this is the antichrist.”—1 John 2: 22-28 _____ Today is the Feast of Saints Basil the Great and Gregory Nazianzen, Bishops and Doctors of the Church; and this was the beginning to today’s first […]
FEAST OF SAINT AUGUSTINE
“Lord my God, to whom I owe humble and simple service, how many machinations are used by the Enemy to suggest to me that I should seek from you some sign! But I beseech you by our King and by Jerusalem our simple and pure home, that as consent to these suggestions is far […]
BUT HUMAN
“Woe even to those of praiseworthy life if you put their life under scrutiny and remove mercy. But because you do not search our faults with rigour, we confidently hope for some place with you. If anyone lists his true merits to you, what is he enumerating before you but your gifts? If only […]
THE GOOD SAMARITAN (OCTOBER 26, 2022)
Have you ever lived a Holy Moment, a moment when unexpected and unannounced—but suddenly, undeniably, a weight of moment and presence? I lived one in an AutoZone today. I had made a mess of a motor-service and needed oil-dry to clean our farm shop floor. Maybe it’s funny, or fitting, how God appears […]