Why are you so resentful and crestfallen?

6TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME Why are you so resentful and crestfallen? How many times can you spot God’s compassion for Cain in today’s first reading (Genesis 4:1-15,25)? First, he engages Cain in a conversation, asking why he is “crestfallen” (Genesis 4:6). Then he...

Where are you?

COMMON OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY Where are you?  We are only a few days away from Ash Wednesday, and God’s question to Adam is a good one for us to think about as we approach the season of Lent. Where am I in my relationship with the Lord? Where have I been in my...

She took some of its fruit and ate it.

5TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME She took some of its fruit and ate it. How could Eve give in so easily to the serpent’s temptation? She had everything she could have ever wanted. She lived in a perfect environment. She even had a close relationship with God. Why would she...

It is not good for the man to be alone.

OUR LADY OF LOURDES It is not good for the man to be alone.  From childhood, we have heard the story of how God took a rib from Adam’s side and fashioned Eve from that rib. “It is not good for the man to be alone,” God says (Genesis 2:18). God knew Adam’s need, as a...

God made the earth and the heavens.

SAINT SCHOLASTICA, VIRGIN (MEMORIAL) God made the earth and the heavens. Whether our universe was created in a few days or a few billion years, one truth is clear: God is the One who started it all. He created everything out of nothing, and he sustains everything by...

Let us make man in our image, after our likeness.

5TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME Let us make man in our image, after our likeness.  In ancient times, a king would often place statues of himself around his kingdom. These images acted as visual reminders, both to his people and to foreign powers. They said, in effect, “This...

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