17 February 2024
Saturday after Ash Wednesday Saturday afternoon usually finds me doing a bit of cleaning. Last week my investigations under the sofa uncovered ...
16 February 2024
Friday after Ash Wednesday Fasting has become rather fashionable these days; all sorts of health advocates are speaking to the merits of ...
15 February 2024
Thursday after Ash Wednesday When Ignatius was studying at the University of Paris, he met a young student by the name of Francis Xavier. ...
14 February 2024
Ash Wednesday A day of fast and abstinence may not be the most opportune time to celebrate St Valentine’s day. But on the day that celebrates ...
13 February 2024
Tuesday of the Sixth Week in Ordinary Time Berlioz and Tchaikovsky both composed rousing overtures attempting to portray the exuberance and ...
12 February 2024
Monday of the Sixth Week in Ordinary Time During the lifetime of Ignatius, the office of bishop, cardinal and particularly papacy, came with ...
11 February 2024
Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time The first reading and the Gospel speak of the issue of leprosy. Now a somewhat rare and curable disease, leprosy ...
10 February 2024
Memorial of Saint Scholastica, Virgin When I was missioned to the U.S.-Mexico border working in migrant ministry, I had an encounter with two ...
9 February 2024
Friday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time In the Gospel today Jesus reveals his divine power by miraculously opening the ears of the deaf man ...
8 February 2024
Thursday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time Jesus in the Gospel today is enigmatic, and many questions arise for the modern reader. We might ...