My yoke is easy, and my burden light.

SAINT CAMILLUS DE LELLIS, PRIEST (OPTIONAL MEMORIAL) My yoke is easy, and my burden light.  If you’ve ever worked with or observed oxen yoked together, then you can appreciate how uplifting and encouraging Jesus’ words are in today’s Gospel. A yoke is a sturdy wooden...

You have revealed them to the childlike.

15TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME You have revealed them to the childlike.  Did you know that St. John Vianney—the patron saint of priests—almost didn’t become a priest? People considered him unqualified for seminary, let alone the priesthood. But he proved the truth of...

Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida!

OUR LADY OF MOUNT CARMEL (OPTIONAL MEMORIAL) Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida!  Jesus spoke very candidly about these cities just north of the Sea of Galilee. He had performed many miracles there, and yet nothing seemed to be changing. People remained...

Make justice your aim.

ST. BONAVENTURE, BISHOP AND DOCTOR OF THE CHURCH (MEMORIAL) Make justice your aim.  Speaking through the prophet Isaiah around 740 BC, God confronted the people of Jerusalem. He called them “princes of Sodom” and branded their Temple sacrifices as “worthless” and...

Here I am . . . ; send me!

SAINT HENRY (OPTIONAL MEMORIAL) Here I am . . . ; send me! “God doesn’t call the qualified; he qualifies the called.” You’ve probably heard this expression before, and it carries plenty of biblical precedent. Many of our heroes and heroines of the faith certainly...

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