Your true character is finally showing itself!

SAINT JUSTIN, MARTYR (MEMORIAL) Your true character is finally showing itself!  Most scholars believe that the Book of Tobit, which we’ll follow in our Mass readings this week, is a collection of stories from ancient folk literature. So why is it part of our Bible?...

I sought wisdom openly in my prayer.

SAINT PAUL VI, POPE (OPTIONAL MEMORIAL) I sought wisdom openly in my prayer.  If you wanted to define wisdom, you might say that it’s the knowledge of how to live a life that is pleasing to the Lord. But attaining wisdom is no easy task, as today’s first reading...

He went over to see if he could find anything on it.

8TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME He went over to see if he could find anything on it.  What’s with the fig tree anyway? Here Mark is building up to the climax of his Gospel (Mark 11:11-26): Jesus’ passion, and he interrupts it with a fig tree—not once, but twice! Why would...

He kept calling out all the more.

SAINT AUGUSTINE OF CANTERBURY, BISHOP (OPTIONAL MEMORIAL) He kept calling out all the more. It was not unusual for Bartimaeus to sit begging at the roadside. But today was different. He heard a large crowd. What was going on? The healer Jesus of Nazareth was passing...

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