Know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge.

Saint Anthony Mary Claret, Bishop (Optional Memorial) Know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge. A way of knowing that “surpasses knowledge”? What is St. Paul talking about? Maybe this will help. Many languages make a distinction between “knowing-that” and...

. . . to distribute the food allowance at the proper time.

Saint John of Capistrano, Priest (Optional Memorial) . . . to distribute the food allowance at the proper time.  The master of the house will return at an unexpected time, Jesus warns. So a wise servant will make sure he is doing what he is supposed to be doing when...

. . . a dwelling place of God in the Spirit.

Saint John Paul II, Pope (Optional Memorial) . . . a dwelling place of God in the Spirit.  Scripture often reminds us that we are the “dwelling place of God” (Ephesians 2:22). We may think of this exclusively in terms of the Spirit living in each individual believer....

One’s life does not consist of possessions.

29th Week in Ordinary Time One’s life does not consist of possessions.  Of all the tools we use to evaluate people, measuring them according to their wealth is one of the more dehumanizing ones. We even use terms like “net worth,” as if money equals dignity! That’s...

Do not worry.

Sts. John de Brébeuf, Isaac Jogues and Companions (Memorial) Do not worry.  Fr. Walter Ciszek (1904–1984) was a young Jesuit priest who eagerly wanted to be a missionary to Russia. He had heard Jesus’ promise that the Spirit would give him the right words in times of...

Say to them, “The Kingdom of God is at hand for you.”

Saint Luke, Evangelist (Feast) Say to them, “The Kingdom of God is at hand for you.” Who were the seventy-two disciples whom Jesus sent ahead of him to every town and place he planned to visit? Of the four Gospel writers, only St. Luke, whose feast we celebrate today,...

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