When the crowd was put out

14TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME When the crowd was put out . . . No one would say that God needs our faith in order to work his will. He can perform a miracle whenever and wherever he chooses. Yet it is also true that our faith opens us up to receive Jesus’ power more...

Quote of the Week | July 10, 2023

“Criticism of others is thus an oblique form of self-commendation. We think we make the picture hang straight on our wall by telling our neighbors that all his pictures are crooked.” ― Fulton J. Sheen

The Lord had blessed him in every way.

13TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME The Lord had blessed him in every way. As he neared the end of his life, Abraham looked back over his journey of fellowship with the Lord. And as he did, his heart swelled with gratitude over God’s faithfulness to his promises. The Lord had...

God himself will provide the sheep.

SAINT MARIA GORETTI, VIRGIN AND MARTYR (OPTIONAL MEMORIAL) God himself will provide the sheep.  The story of Abraham’s sacrifice of Isaac shocks us. We shudder to think of him binding up his beloved son, given to Sarah and him in their old age, and placing him on the...

They begged him to leave.

SAINT ELIZABETH OF PORTUGAL (OPTIONAL MEMORIAL) They begged him to leave.  In today’s Gospel, Jesus heals two demon-possessed men who were so savage that no one could travel along the road they inhabited. You’d think the townspeople would be thrilled to have their...

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