. . . the one hope of your call; one Lord, one faith.

SAINT MATTHEW, APOSTLE AND EVANGELIST (FEAST)   . . . the one hope of your call; one Lord, one faith.   Can you picture the apostle Paul writing about hope—from a prison cell—to the Christians in Ephesus? According to Paul, their one hope lay in the fact...

On the path . . . on rocky ground . . . among thorns.

SAINT JANUARIUS, BISHOP AND MARTYR (OPTIONAL MEMORIAL)   On the path . . . on rocky ground . . . among thorns.   As Jesus spoke this parable, he was drawing a picture of the ways different people respond to his word. Our experience also tells us that there’s...

If Christ has not been raised, your faith is vain.

24TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME   If Christ has not been raised, your faith is vain.    It’s likely that if you are reading this meditation, you believe that Jesus rose from the dead. After all, this is a central truth of our Catholic faith. But have you ever...

But the one to whom little is forgiven, loves little.

SAINT ROBERT BELLARMINE, BISHOP AND DOCTOR OF THE CHURCH (OPTIONAL MEMORIAL)   But the one to whom little is forgiven, loves little.    The Pharisee in today’s Gospel is a curious seeker after truth. So he invites Jesus to his home to investigate who he...

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