Commit to the Lord your way; trust in him, and he will act.

5TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME Commit to the Lord your way; trust in him, and he will act.  It’s easy to think that committing your way to the Lord should be like jumping out of an airplane: no going back, no changing your mind. But it’s not an absolute “once and done”...

Give your servant . . . an understanding heart.

SAINT AGATHA, VIRGIN AND MARTYR (MEMORIAL) Give your servant . . . an understanding heart.  Solomon may have ruled centuries ago, but the breadth and depth of his wisdom are still legendary. Even today, the expression “the wisdom of Solomon” is used to describe what...

Herod was the one who had John arrested.

4TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME Herod was the one who had John arrested.  Alex Honnold is known for his daring climb—without a rope—up the treacherous El Capitan wall in Yosemite National Park. One wrong step, and he would have plunged thousands of feet to his death. But...

Keep the mandate of the Lord, your God, following his ways.

SAINT BLAISE, BISHOP AND MARTYR (OPTIONAL MEMORIAL) Keep the mandate of the Lord, your God, following his ways.  We know that King David lived a far from perfect life. In addition to his most famous sin—his taking of another man’s wife, Bathsheba, and the murder of...

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