Banishing Envy
The final words of today’s second reading, from Saint Paul’s letter to the Colossians, like their parallel in Galatians, are much resorted today:
Here there...
The Narrow and Wide Gate: Taking Up Our Cross
“If the angels were capable of envy, they would envy us for two things; one is the receiving of Holy Communion, and the other...
Seventeenth Sunday: Perfecting Our Prayer With and In Christ
Ask and it will be given you; search, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you (Lk. 11: 9)....
A Pope and Prime Minister Return to the Mission – We Hope
This story and its characters are (mostly) fictitious, and it is (generally) not inspired by true events. But if the events could yet prove...
Sixteenth Sunday: Keeping It Simple in Silence
Mary has chosen the better part and it will not be taken from her (Lk. 10: 42). ⧾
In Christian tradition Martha and Mary have...
Bach’s Trio Sonatas
Bach's Trio Sonatas for the organ were penned after 1723, a time when he dedicated himself to instrumental music, in part to teach his...
Fifteenth Sunday: The Good Samaritan and the Thirst of God
Take care of him and when I come back, I will repay you whatever more you spend.’ (Lk. 10:35).
The parable of the Good Samaritan...
Answered Prayer As Roe Bites the Dust
Receive into the abode of Your Most Compassionate Heart all meek and humble souls and the souls of little children. These souls send all...
The Inauguration of the Restored Icon of Our Lady of Damascus
Last Thursday, June 30th, 2022, the restored miraculous icon of Our Lady of Damascus, which dates back almost one thousand years, was officially inaugurated...
Fourteenth Sunday: Ite Missa Est!
See I am sending you out like lambs into the midst of wolves (Lk. 10:3). ⧾
The commission of the seventy disciples to go and...