Which is easier?

THE FIRST MARTYRS OF HOLY ROMAN CHURCH (OPTIONAL MEMORIAL) Which is easier? How would you answer that question? Is it easier to say “Your sins are forgiven” or to say “Rise and walk” (Matthew 9:5)? At first you might think that healing someone who is paralyzed is far...

Follow me.

SAINTS AND PETER AND PAUL, APOSTLES (SOLEMNITY) Follow me.  Today we celebrate Sts. Peter and Paul, two pillars of the Church with starkly different personalities. Simon, the fisherman, left his nets to follow Jesus (Matthew 4:19). Renamed Peter, he became the leader...

Why are you terrified?

ST. IRENAEUS, BISHOP, MARTYR, AND DOCTOR OF THE CHURCH Why are you terrified? It is easy to wonder how Jesus could chastise the disciples for having “little faith” (Matthew 8:26). They were, after all, in the middle of a violent storm and in danger of drowning. They...

The Son of Man has nowhere to rest his head.

SAINT CYRIL OF ALEXANDRIA, BISHOP AND DOCTOR OF THE CHURCH (OPTIONAL MEMORIAL) The Son of Man has nowhere to rest his head.  When Jesus said he had nowhere to lay his head, he wasn’t just talking about a physical place to sleep. Though he traveled from town to town...

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