a time to embrace, and a time to be far from embraces.

25TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME   . . . a time to embrace, and a time to be far from embraces.    What a challenging year we’ve had! The coronavirus has turned our lives upside down. What we used to take for granted—that schools and businesses would be open, that...

All things are vanity!

25TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME   All things are vanity!    Today’s Old Testament reading (Ecclesiastes 1:2-11) comes from one of the great pieces of world literature. Like Wisdom and Proverbs, Ecclesiastes contains wise sayings assembled by an unknown author....

Take nothing for the journey

SAINT PIUS OF PIETRELCINA (PADRE PIO), PRIEST (MEMORIAL)   Take nothing for the journey.    “Lord, these words are hard. I know you were speaking to your disciples when you sent them out to evangelize, but how does this relate to me? You have called me to...

Your mother and your brothers are standing outside.

25TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME   Your mother and your brothers are standing outside.    His family couldn’t get close to Jesus. The crowd—people from “one town after another” who had traveled to see to him (Luke 8:4)—blocked the way. So they sent word to...

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