The wolf shall be a guest of the lamb.

1ST WEEK OF ADVENT The wolf shall be a guest of the lamb. “Cheer up! Everything will be okay.” Well-meaning people offer this kind of consolation, but it doesn’t help much with real problems. In today’s first reading, the prophet Isaiah didn’t offer such empty...

One nation shall not raise the sword against another.

ST. JOHN DAMASCENE, PRIEST AND DOCTOR (OPTIONAL MEM.) One nation shall not raise the sword against another. By Christmas Eve 1914, the First World War had been raging for six months. But something strange happened that night. In several locations along the front...

His kingship shall not be destroyed.

34TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME His kingship shall not be destroyed. The Book of Genesis tells us that in the very first act of creation, God brought order out of chaos. He spoke into a dark and formless void and established a world of light, order, and beauty for his...

Their voice has gone forth to all the earth.

SAINT ANDREW, APOSTLE (FEAST) Their voice has gone forth to all the earth.  In our first reading, St. Paul says that the proclamation of the gospel has the power to bring salvation. But that can happen only as evangelists travel throughout the earth carrying the good...

Not a hair on your head will be destroyed.

34TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME Not a hair on your head will be destroyed.  What a strange thing for Jesus to say! Just a moment before, he had told his disciples that some of them would be put to death for their witness to the gospel (Luke 21:16). But now he promises that...

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