My spirit rejoices.

THE VISITATION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY (FEAST) My spirit rejoices. If you had to describe Mary’s visit to her cousin Elizabeth in only one word, it most certainly would be “joyful.” Elizabeth cries out with joy when she hears Mary’s voice. Her child leaps for joy...

Do you believe now?

7TH WEEK OF EASTER Do you believe now?  Jesus had been “talking plainly, and not in any figure of speech” (John 16:29). So the disciples were coming to understand more fully who he was: “We believe that you came from God” (16:30). But despite this declaration of...

They took him aside and explained to him . . .

6TH WEEK OF EASTER They took him aside and explained to him . . .  Albert Einstein famously said, “The more I learn, the more I realize how much I don’t know.” That statement could also apply to Apollos in today’s first reading! Apollos was obviously an educated man....

Do not be afraid . . . , for I am with you.

SAINT AUGUSTINE OF CANTERBURY, BISHOP (OPTIONAL MEMORIAL) Do not be afraid . . . , for I am with you. God spoke these words to the apostle Paul in a vision he had while he was in Corinth. Paul had barely escaped death several times, and his life in Corinth would not...

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