Thursday, November 23, 2023 Thanksgiving Day! Sir 50:22-24; 1 Cor 1:3-9; Lk 17:11-19 Today, we celebrate Thanksgiving Day! As we are gearing up, our celebrations should not distance us from the original meaning of the day – to remember and thank those who were or offered our life’s planks. In that sense, this day is […]
Thursday, November 23, 2023 1 Mc 2:15-29; Lk 19:41-44 In today’s Gospel, we find Jesus weeping over the unrepentant city of Jerusalem. His tears concern the fate of Jerusalem and not his own death. The pain of rejection that Jesus encountered and the outcome of a fruitless mission amid the people of Jerusalem move him
Wednesday, November 22, 2023 St. Cecilia, Virgin and Martyr 2 Mc 7:1,20-31; Lk 19:11-28 Our Mother Church celebrates the feast of St. Cecilia, the patroness of musicians. She is one of seven women, excluding the Blessed Virgin, commemorated by name in the Canon of the Mass. She was a noble lady of Rome who died
