Oct 19, 2022 | Father Maurice Booking
STS JOHN DE BRÉBEUF AND ISAAC JOGUES AND COMPANIONS (MEMORIAL) Blessed is that servant whom his master on arrival finds doing so. What an honor! The servant’s task in this parable from Jesus was to make sure that each of the fellow servants was properly cared for in...
Sep 27, 2022 | Father Maurice Booking
SAINT VINCENT DE PAUL, PRIEST (MEMORIAL) Jesus . . . resolutely determined to journey to Jerusalem. His public ministry had begun in Galilee, but now “the days for Jesus to be taken up were fulfilled” (Luke 9:51). He would head for Jerusalem—preaching, teaching, and...
Apr 20, 2022 | Father Maurice Booking
WEDNESDAY WITHIN THE OCTAVE OF EASTER In the name of Jesus Christ the Nazorean . . . Public officials will sometimes announce the passage of a law or decision with the words “By the authority vested in me . . . ” They’re saying that they are “vested” or “clothed”...
Feb 24, 2022 | Father Maurice Booking
7TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME If your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. The thought of getting rid of your hand, foot, or eye to avoid sinning sounds rather extreme—and yes—even grotesque. Yet we can relate to the frustration of desperately wanting to just cut sin out...
Aug 28, 2021 | Father Maurice Booking
SAINT AUGUSTINE, BISHOP AND DOCTOR OF THE CHURCH (MEMORIAL) You were faithful in small matters. Bigger is better—or so they say. We want big cars, big homes, big money. We want to be seen as a big deal. Even today’s parable seems to support this “blessedness of...
Jan 27, 2021 | Father Maurice Booking
SAINT ANGELA MERICI, VIRGIN (OPTIONAL MEMORIAL) Some seed fell on rich soil. “A sower went out to sow” (Mark 4:3). This classic parable is no doubt familiar to our ears. So let’s try to look at it from a different angle. Let’s consider how it can apply within us—so...
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