Blog Post by Cornelius Buckley S.J.
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6 December 2025
Saturday of the First Week of Advent Today, the 1st Saturday of the month, is dedicated in a special way to our mother, Mary, who gave birth to ...
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5 December 2025
Friday of the First Week of Advent Isaiah was a poet. The 1st reading shows it. Poets have a way of exasperating unimaginative, realistic ...
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4 December 2025
Thursday of the First Week of Advent The lesson in today’s Gospel could be a shocker. Saying prayers is no guarantee to get to heaven. ...
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3 December 2025
Memorial of Saint Francis Xavier, Priest Today’s Gospel describes crowds of people gathered about Jesus to learn his teaching. By his example ...
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2 December 2025
Tuesday of the First Week of Advent Isaiah, in the 1st reading of today’s mass, gives a description of the future messiah, First. His military ...
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1 December 2025
Monday of the First Week of Advent Let’s take a look at the centurion in today’s Gospel. He approaches Jesus and asks him with ...
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30 November 2025
First Sunday of Advent “Be vigilant.” What does that mean in ordinary English? Get ready to act. No? Christmas is coming.
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27 September 2025
Memorial of Saint Vincent de Paul, Priest The scene in today’s Gospel: Jesus takes his close friends, his apostles, aside. He wants to confide ...
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26 September 2025
Friday of the Twenty-fifth Week in Ordinary Time In today’s Gospel, we learn that Jesus, who was at prayer with his apostles asks them, “Who do ...
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25 September 2025
Thursday of the Twenty-fifth Week in Ordinary Time Jesus was a living question mark for his contemporaries. He had power over life and death, ...
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