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 […]
Tuesday, November 21, 2023 Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary Zec 2:14-17; Mt 12:46-50 Today, our Mother Church celebrates the feast of the Presentation of the Virgin Mary! The feast commemorates the presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary as a three-year-old child by her parents, Anna and Joachim, in the temple of Jerusalem. This was
Monday, November 20, 2023 1 Mc 1:10-15, 41-43, 54-57, 62-63; Lk 18:35-43 In today’s Gospel, we find a model of discipleship in the blind man healed by Jesus! There are three ways in which he inspires us. His Vision: He was blind, but he had vision. Though Jesus was always surrounded by a huge crowd, it
