If anyone wishes to be first

SAINT PETER DAMIAN, BISHOP AND DOCTOR OF THE CHURCH (OPTIONAL MEMORIAL) If anyone wishes to be first, he shall be the last of all and the servant of all.  If you have ever thought of the disciples as some kind of unrelatable, superhuman saints, this passage could...

I do believe, help my unbelief!

7TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME I do believe, help my unbelief!  Let’s do some basic chemistry. We know that a water molecule is made from two elements: hydrogen and oxygen. Both elements must be present for water to exist. If either is missing, it wouldn’t be water. In a...

Whoever wishes to save his life will lose it

THE SEVEN HOLY FOUNDERS OF THE SERVITE ORDER (OPTIONAL MEMORIAL) Whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake and that of the Gospel will save it.  Finders keepers, losers weepers! We’re all familiar with the way this simple...

On the first day . .

6TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME On the first day . . . The story of Noah and the flood ends with a new beginning. In fact, it purposefully echoes the beginning of Genesis. Once again, the earth is covered by waters, and God brings forth dry land. Once again, on the “first...

Do you not yet understand or comprehend?

SAINTS CYRIL, MONK, AND METHODIUS, BISHOP (MEMORIAL) Do you not yet understand or comprehend?  “Lord, I do want to understand more thoroughly, but there is so much I don’t yet grasp about who you are, why you do what you do, and what you want me to do. How should I...

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