First Reading - Genesis 23:1-4,19,24:1-8,62-67 Gospel - Matthew 9:9-13
One of the greatest assurances in Christian life is the call that comes from God. This call is often unexpected and can come in the ordinary moments of life. But when God calls, i…
First Reading - Acts 10:34,37-43Second Reading - Colossians 3:1-4Gospel - John 20:1-9
A Sunday school teacher had just finished telling her third graders about how Jesus was crucified and laid in a tomb sealed with a great stone. Wanting to share the…
First Reading - Amos 7:12-15Second Reading - Ephesians 1:3-14Gospel - Mark 6:7-13
Saint John Vianney, known for his holiness and
pastoral care, spent countless hours hearing confessions in his parish of Ars,
France. One anecdote recounts how a man c…
First Reading - Job 38:1,8-11 Second Reading - 2 Corinthians 5:14-17 Gospel - Mark 4:35-41
Linda Sledge (she is a Chinese- American author) recalls a day from her childhood that she will never forget. She was playing in the sand of a Hawaiian beach n…
First Reading - Acts 9:26-31 Second Reading - 1 John 3:18-24
Gospel - John 15:1-8
Some years ago, Mother Teresa was asked by a reporter one day, “What is your biggest problem?” Without a moment of hesitation, Mother Teresa answered with one word: “Pr…
First Reading - Acts 2:42-47Second Reading - 1 Peter 1:3-9Gospel - 1 John 5:1-6
During Babe Ruth’s baseball career, he drifted away from his Faith. One night he was very ill in a New York hospital, and a friend suggested he makes his peace with God.…
First Reading - Jeremiah 31:31-34 Second Reading - Hebrews 5:7-9 Gospel - John 12:20-33
Several years ago Catherine Marshall wrote an article called “When We Dare to Trust God”. She told how she had been bed-bound for six months with a serious lung i…
First Reading - Genesis 9:8-15 Second Reading - 1 Peter 3:18-22 Gospel - Mark 1:12-15
William H. Hinson tells about an amusing article that appeared in his local paper. Over the past several years in Houston, Texas, there has been a rash of incidents…
First Reading - Genesis 15:1-6,21:1-3
Second Reading - Hebrews 11:8,11-12,17-19 Gospel - Luke 2:22,39-40
A few years ago, a study was undertaken to find the U.S. city with the lowest incidence of cancer and heart disease. The winner was Rosetto, Pen…
Morning MassFirst Reading - Isaiah 57:7-10Second Reading - Hebrew 1:1-6Gospel - John 1:1-5,9-14
Once there was a Rabbi who asked his disciples the following question: “How do you know when the darkness has been overcome, when the dawn has arrived?” O…
First Reading - Isaiah 9:1-7 Second Reading - Titus 2:11-14Gospel - Luke 2:1-14
A family celebrated Christmas every year with a birthday party for Jesus. An extra chair of honor at the table became the family’s reminder of Jesus’ presence. A cake wit…
First Reading - Isaiah 63:16-17,64:1,3-8
Second Reading - 1 Corinthians 1:3-9 Gospel - Mark 13:33-37
People, in general, have a paranoid fear about the end of the world. It was expected it in AD 204, 999 and 2000. The title of a best-seller publishe…
First Reading - Ezekiel Ezekiel 34:11-12,15-17
Second Reading - 1 Corinthians 15:20-26,28 Gospel - Matthew 25:31-46
It was Pope Pius XI who brought the Feast of Christ the King into the liturgy in 1925 to bring Christ as Ruler, and Christian values, …
First Reading-Proverbs 31:10-13,19-20,30-31 Second Reading - 1 Thessalonians 5:1-6 Gospel - Matthew 25:14-15,19-21
Charles L. Allen once told about a composer named Gioachino Rossini who would go out to some small village in Italy one which could not…
First Reading - Exodus 22:20-26 Second Reading - 1 Thessalonians 1:5-10 Gospel - Matthew 22:34-40
In the second century AD, a non-Christian named Aristides wrote to the Emperor Hadrian about the Christians. He said, “Christians love one another. Th…
First Reading - Isaiah 25:6-10 Second Reading - Philippians 4:12-14,19-20 Gospel - Matthew 22:1-10 At the end of World War II, the Russian head-of-state Joseph Stalin gave an elaborate banquet to honor the British Prime Minister Winston Churchill. …
Continue ReadingFirst Reading - Ezekiel 18:25-28 Second Reading - Philippians 2:1-11 Gospel - Matthew 21:28-32
“A companion of Francis of Assisi, Brother Juniper is remembered as a ‘fool for Christ,’ and there are all sorts of wild stories about his antics. He was …
First Reading - Isaiah 55:6-9 Second Reading - Philippians 1:20-24,27
Gospel - Matthew 20:1-16
What makes the saints so remarkable is that they are brilliant reflections of God’s extraordinary generosity. St. Teresa of Calcutta (Mother Teresa) was a…