Rejoice with me because I have found my lost sheep.

THE MOST SACRED HEART OF JESUS (SOLEMNITY) Rejoice with me because I have found my lost sheep. Today, on this feast of the Sacred Heart, we are presented with two portrayals of Jesus. One is the familiar image associated with the Sacred Heart devotion: Jesus pointing...

I will make you a light to the nations.

THE NATIVITY OF SAINT JOHN THE BAPTIST (SOLEMNITY) I will make you a light to the nations. In much of the Northern Hemisphere, today’s feast coincides with the time fireflies first appear. It’s a fitting connection because although John the Baptist’s birth ushered in...

By their fruits you will know them.

SAINTS JOHN FISHER, BISHOP, AND THOMAS MORE, MARTYRS (OPTIONAL MEMORIAL) By their fruits you will know them. If you were going to set up a fruit stand, you would want to inspect your produce carefully. Only healthy, ripe, undamaged fruits would meet your standards. If...

Enter through the narrow gate.

SAINT ALOYSIUS GONZAGA, RELIGIOUS (MEMORIAL) Enter through the narrow gate.  Which road do you usually picture yourself on when you read about the wide road to destruction and the narrow road to life in today’s Gospel? Perhaps you imagine you are on the narrow road....

Stop judging.

12TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME Stop judging.  In his Sermon on the Mount, Jesus gives this simple command. But is he telling us never to recognize someone else’s faults? That would be impossible! And what about his instruction about beams in our eyes and splinters in our...

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