He deported all Jerusalem

12TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME   He deported all Jerusalem.    It must have been an exciting time for Jehoiachin.   As the newly installed king of Judah, he had wealth and power at his fingertips—and he was only eighteen years old! Jehoiachin, also called...

The Lord called me from birth

THE NATIVITY OF SAINT JOHN THE BAPTIST (SOLEMNITY)   The Lord called me from birth.   The Church has always seen today’s first reading (Isaiah 49:1 – 6), one of the four “Servant Songs” from the Book of Isaiah, as a foreshadowing of Jesus, the...

Enter through the narrow gate

12TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME   Enter through the narrow gate.   Most of us have experienced it:   you come home from the store, arms laden with shopping bags, and you have to jostle through an entryway that’s about two bags too narrow.   Bumping, yanking,...

Why do you notice the splinter in your brother’s eye

SAINTS JOHN FISHER, BISHOP, AND THOMAS MORE, MARTYRS (OPTIONAL MEMORIAL)   Why do you notice the splinter in your brother’s eye, but do not perceive the wooden beam in your own eye?    This image seems rather exaggerated.   Obviously, we couldn’t imagine...

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