It may bear fruit in the future

Common of the Blessed Virgin Mary   It may bear fruit in the future.    This can be a confusing passage, can’t it?   On the one hand, when the people ask Jesus about the unjust and tragic death of some Galileans, he tells them that if they don’t repent, they...

Who will deliver me?

29th Week in Ordinary Time   Who will deliver me?    For seven chapters, Paul has been laying out one long theological argument:   the gospel he preaches is “the power of God for the salvation of everyone who believes” (Romans 1:16).   In verse after verse,...

You . . . have become slaves of God

Saint Anthony Mary Claret, Bishop (Optional Memorial)   You . . . have become slaves of God.    Slavery is a terrible evil.   It always has been, and it always will be.   To be enslaved means to suffer physically and emotionally.   Slaves have no freedom;...

How much more did the grace of God and the gracious gift

Saint John Paul II, Pope (Optional Memorial)   How much more did the grace of God and the gracious gift . . . overflow for the many.    You don’t have to watch the nightly news to know this: at the core of our being exists a contradiction between good and...

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