Let there be no strife between you and me.

SAINT CYRIL OF ALEXANDRIA, (OPTIONAL MEMORIAL) Let there be no strife between you and me.  How tragic! Abram and Lot were next of kin who had long been close companions. But the wealth they had accumulated and the servants and animals in their entourage made it...

Why do you notice the splinter in your brother’s eye,

12TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Why do you notice the splinter in your brother’s eye, but do not perceive the wooden beam in your own eye? “You started it!” How many arguments between children end with this accusation? Even as we grow older and our conflicts more...

I too will boast.

11TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME I too will boast. Don’t you find it funny that Paul would condemn those who boast, but then turn around and spend so much time boasting himself? He goes to such great lengths to tell the Corinthians about his credentials as an apostle and...

. . . as we forgive those who trespass against us.

SAINTS JOHN FISHER AND THOMAS MORE, MARTYRS (OPT. MEMORIAL) . . . as we forgive those who trespass against us. Forgive those who trespass against us? That’s hard—especially when someone won’t even acknowledge that they’ve done anything wrong. It’s more natural to want...

. . . your heavenly Father.

SAINT ALOYSIUS GONZAGA, RELIGIOUS (MEMORIAL) . . . your heavenly Father. We know from the Gospels that at Jesus’ baptism, God the Father identified him as his “beloved Son” (Matthew 3:17). And because Jesus is God’s Son, he can call almighty God “Father.” But early in...

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