I will give you a son. . . . He shall give rise to nations.

12TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME I will give you a son. . . . He shall give rise to nations. Once again, God was appearing to Abraham to reaffirm his covenant promise: Abraham would become the father of multitudes. This time, he even gave more detail—his son, to be named...

No. He will be called John.

THE NATIVITY OF SAINT JOHN THE BAPTIST (SOLEMNITY) No. He will be called John. Do you think God’s will happens automatically? If so, think again. Consider that Elizabeth’s relatives assumed her son would be named Zechariah, after his father. But Elizabeth sensed...

Look up at the sky and count the stars, if you can.

12TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME Look up at the sky and count the stars, if you can. Imagine you’re outside on a sunny day. If you looked up at the sky, would you see any stars other than the sun? It would be impossible. You probably saw them the night before, so you know...

Enter through the narrow gate.

SAINTS JOHN FISHER, BISHOP, AND THOMAS MORE, MARTYRS (OPTIONAL MEMORIAL) Enter through the narrow gate. That narrow gate! It’s tighter than the gap between the do’s and don’ts of the Ten Commandments. So you don’t lie, injure, or kill—and you also have to forgive a...

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