22 August 2024
Memorial of the Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary When we were children and heard tales of kings and queens, we understood the roles in a ...
21 August 2024
Memorial of Saint Pius X, Pope As with the rich young man, so with our parable today: the reward of the Christian life, the one thing for which ...
20 August 2024
Memorial of Saint Bernard, Abbot and Doctor of the Church Why is it so difficult—not impossible!—for one who is rich to enter the Kingdom of ...
19 August 2024
Monday of the Twentieth Week in Ordinary Time In this familiar Gospel tale we often overlook a crucial detail: notice that when Jesus tells the ...
18 August 2024
Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time When God says in the beginning, “Let there be light,” there is light. When Jesus says to a leper, “Be ...
17 August 2024
Saturday of the Nineteenth Week in Ordinary Time “Create a clean heart in me, O God,” says today’s Psalm. It calls to mind the Beatitude, ...
16 August 2024
Optional Memorial of Saint Stephen of Hungary The Lord is always calling us towards something higher. We see this call at work in today’s ...
15 August 2024
Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Today, we celebrate the Assumption of Mary, when the Blessed Mother was taken up body ...
14 August 2024
Memorial of Saint Maximilian Kolbe, Priest and Martyr In today’s Gospel, Christ offers great wisdom on how to address someone who has wronged ...
13 August 2024
Optional Memorial of Saint Pontian, Pope and Martyr, and Saint Hippolytus, Priest and Martyr “Whoever becomes humble like this child is the ...