So be perfect, just as your heavenly Father is perfect.

11TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME So be perfect, just as your heavenly Father is perfect.  These may be among Jesus’ most challenging words. We know how difficult it is to love even those closest to us. So how can we even hope to love our enemies or pray for those who...

Now is the day of salvation.

11TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME Now is the day of salvation. We human beings are prone to procrastinate, but that’s not God’s way. He revealed his name as I AM (Exodus 3:14)—not “I will be” or “I might be.” He lives with us in the present, doing his saving work right now,...

His mother kept all these things in her heart.

THE IMMACULATE HEART OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY (MEMORIAL) His mother kept all these things in her heart.  Today’s Gospel (Luke 2:41-51) reading makes it clear that whatever the Immaculate Heart of Mary means, it doesn’t mean that Mary was serene and untroubled. It...

They will look upon him whom they have pierced.

THE MOST SACRED HEART OF JESUS (SOLEMNITY) They will look upon him whom they have pierced. Today we celebrate the feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, a devotion rooted in John’s Gospel, where blood and water flowed from Jesus’ side at his crucifixion. Gazing at the...

Whenever a person turns to the Lord the veil is removed.

10TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME Whenever a person turns to the Lord the veil is removed.  When a person’s face is veiled, a very essential part of them is hidden, a part that can reveal their thoughts or emotions. When Paul talks about the ancient Israelites’ hearts being...

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