One’s life does not consist of possessions.

29th Week in Ordinary Time One’s life does not consist of possessions.  Of all the tools we use to evaluate people, measuring them according to their wealth is one of the more dehumanizing ones. We even use terms like “net worth,” as if money equals dignity! That’s...

Do not worry.

Sts. John de Brébeuf, Isaac Jogues and Companions (Memorial) Do not worry.  Fr. Walter Ciszek (1904–1984) was a young Jesuit priest who eagerly wanted to be a missionary to Russia. He had heard Jesus’ promise that the Spirit would give him the right words in times of...

Say to them, “The Kingdom of God is at hand for you.”

Saint Luke, Evangelist (Feast) Say to them, “The Kingdom of God is at hand for you.” Who were the seventy-two disciples whom Jesus sent ahead of him to every town and place he planned to visit? Of the four Gospel writers, only St. Luke, whose feast we celebrate today,...

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