Love is patient, love is kind

SAINTS CORNELIUS, POPE, AND CYPRIAN, BISHOP, MARTYRS (MEMORIAL)   Love is patient, love is kind.    Today’s first reading is one of the most popular passages chosen for weddings. And for good reason. Not only does it provide a very practical description of...

Behold, your mother.

OUR LADY OF SORROWS (MEMORIAL)   Behold, your mother.    Television shows and movies love to portray characters who experience great challenges and tragedies but who find a way to keep going and reach goals that seemed unimaginable. Stories like these can be...

So must the Son of Man be lifted up

THE EXALTATION OF THE HOLY CROSS (FEAST)   So must the Son of Man be lifted up.    In the medical world, vaccines protect us from disease by training our immune system to recognize and attack a virus or bacteria. Vaccines inject antigens from the disease...

Avoid idolatry

THE MOST HOLY NAME OF MARY (OPTIONAL MEMORIAL)   Avoid idolatry.    Why was Paul warning the Corinthians about idolatry? It helps to consider the context of this passage (1 Corinthians 10:14 – 22). A controversy existed within the community about...

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