The liturgical calendar commentary posted on the catholicculture website tells us this; “Scripture tells us almost nothing about the first years and the boyhood of the Child Jesus. All we...
How the birth of Jesus happened begins today’s gospel’s passage.Matthew emphasises the intervention of the Spirit from the beginning of his story to avoid a misunderstanding that Jesus may have...
Educated by the prophets, Israel had been waiting for the saviour for centuries. But when he came, even the more spiritually prepared and well-disposed struggled to recognise and to welcome...
Every Year on the second Sunday of Advent, the liturgy offers us the preaching of John the Baptist, who prepared the people of Israel for the coming of the Messiah.Today,...
We begin the Season of Advent today—a season that is always full of quiet longing. There is something beautiful in these early Advent days: the evenings grow darker, yet our...
As we come to the end of the liturgical year, the words of Jesus in today’s Gospel speak to us with renewed urgency: “Watch yourselves… Stay awake, praying at all times.” These...
Luke wote his gospel around the year 85AD. In the fifty years that had passed since the death and resurrection of Jesus, tremendous events occurred. There were wars, political revolutions,...
Today we celebrate the Feast of the Dedication of the Lateran Basilica, the Cathedral of Rome and the “mother of all churches of the city and of the world.” This...
Yesterday, we celebrated the joy of All Saints—the Church triumphant, our brothers and sisters who now share in the glory of heaven. Today, our hearts turn with tenderness to the...
Today Jesus gives us a parable that cuts right to the heart: two men went up to the Temple to pray. One was a Pharisee, the other a tax collector....
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