Friday, September 15, 2023 Memorial of Our Lady of Sorrows Heb 5:7-9; Jn 19:25-27 or Lk 2:33-35 The Feast of Our Lady of Sorrows invites us to understand the truth that there was a close connection between Jesus’ passion and Mary’s sorrows and that the mother of the ‘suffering servant’ equally suffered as well. That […]
Thursday, September 14, 2023 Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross Nm 21:4-9; Phil 2:6-11; Jn 3:13-17 St. Bonaventure asked St. Thomas Aquinas, ‘What is the secret of your learning? What is your book of wisdom?’ The great saint turned to a crucifix that stood between him and the light and said, pointing reverently
Wednesday, September 13, 2023 Col 3:1-11; Lk 6:20-26 The Beatitudes in today’s gospel from Luke declare the Divine Agenda for the marginalized and suffering. The reversal of fortune that Jesus hints at is not a condemnatory message against those who are fortunate. In Matthew’s version of the Beatitudes, we find Jesus saying, ‘Blessed are you
