“Worry is a weakness from which very few of us are entirely free. We must be on guard against this most insidious enemy of our peace of soul. Instead, let us foster confidence...
Homily: Twenty-second Sunday Year B Reading 1: How do we see the Ten Commandments? Do we see them as a rule of life, helping us to become more the people of God...
“If you believe what you like in the gospels, and reject what you don't like, it is not the gospel you believe, but yourself.” Saint Augustine We call this cafeteria Faith. The...
Twenty-second Sunday Gospel BWhen the Pharisees with some scribes who had come from Jerusalem gathered around Jesus, they observed that some of his disciples ate their meals with unclean, that is, unwashed, hands. ·...
“Son, nothing in this world now affords me delight. I do not know what there is now for me to do or why I am still here, all my hopes in this world...
“No one was ever lost because his sin was too great, but because his trust was too small.” Blessed Francis Xavier Seelos God is rich in mercy and forgiveness, when it comes...
“Apart from the cross, there is no other ladder by which we may get to heaven.” St. Rose of Lima Is it a wonder that Jesus made taking up our cross daily...
“No one has access to the Almighty as His mother has – none has merit such as hers. Her Son will deny her nothing that she asks and herein lies her power. While...
Homily Twenty-First Sunday Year B Reading 1: Over the period of Israel’s journey from Egypt to the Promised Land the people had witnessed God’s signs and wonders. First, he freed them from...
“God does not prevent sin, because even from the very abuse man makes of the liberty with which he is endowed, God knows how to bring forth good and to make his mercy...
Twenty-First Sunday Gospel B Many of Jesus’ disciples who were listening said, “This saying is hard; who can accept it?” · “This saying” was the teaching of Jesus in the last two Sundays’ Gospel readings...
“If you want to become a Catholic, then live faithfully as a Catholic, so that when people see you, they will know that you are a Catholic." Blessed Cyprian Michael Iwene TansI 1903 –1964)...
“Our wish, our object, our chief preoccupation must be to form Jesus in ourselves, to make his spirit, his devotion, his affections, his desire, and his disposition live and reign there.” St. John...
“Fidelity in little things must be the basic rule in striving for holiness,” St. Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows (1838-1862) If I cannot be faithful and obedient in the little things asked of...
“Theologians have frequently come up with similar reasons to explain in some way the meaning of the abundant graces showered upon Mary and culminating in her assumption to heaven. They put it this...
“If you want to become a Catholic, then live faithfully as a Catholic, so that when people see you, they will know that you are a Catholic." Blessed Cyprian Michael Iwene TansI 1903 –1964)...
“We are like a pencil with which God writes the texts He wants said in the hearts of men.” St. Irmã Dulce (1914-1992) The pencil is only an instrument by which the writer expresses his thoughts...
"Hell is full of the talented, but Heaven of the energetic." St, Jane Francis de ChantalThe talented in Hell are there because they were focused on themselves and not on God. They used...
“Let go of your plans." St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (1891-1942) Can we trust God’s love for us to let go of our plans and accept and act on his plans?...
"Let not weakness make you discouraged.” St. Mary MacKillop St. Paul learned this lesson and shared his insight from God with us. “’My grace is sufficient for you, for power is made...
Homily Nineteenth Sunday Year B Reading 1: Elijah has confronted the infidelity of the nation of Israel. Their king, Ahaz, was wicked and did abominable deeds. His wife, Jezebel, was a foreigner,...
“I am a sinner and do not think much of myself. I have recourse, to the greatest Servants of the Lord that they may pray for me to the blessed Christ and...
Reflection of the Scriptures Nineteenth Sunday Gospel B I am the Bread of Life
By spiritaflame 10:12 AMNineteenth Sunday Gospel B The Jews murmured about Jesus because he said, "I am the bread that came down from heaven," and they said, "Is this not Jesus, the son of Joseph? Do we...
“Man's value before God is estimated by the dispositions of his heart, its uprightness, its good will, its charity, and not by keenness of intellect or extent of knowledge.” Blessed Anne Catherine Emmerich ...
“As Jesus has chosen bread, which is very common, so must my life be, common … approachable by all and, at the same time, humble and hidden, like bread.” Blessed Eugenia Picco (1867-1921) ...
“The Eucharist is the supreme proof of the love of Jesus. After this, there is nothing more but Heaven itself.” St. Peter Julian Eymard God in the Old Testament provided Manna in...
“Were you to ask, ‘what are the means of overcoming temptations’, I would answer: The first means is prayer; the second is prayer; the third is prayer; and should you ask me, a thousand...
