Thursday, August 1, 2024 Feast of St. Alphonsus Liguori Jer 18:1-6, Mt 13:47-53 Today, we celebrate the feast of St. Alphonsus Liguori. The founder of the Redemptorists Congregation was at the peak of his profession as a lawyer at the age of 20. For eight years, Alphonsus never lost a case he defended. But when […]
Wednesday, July 31, 2024 Feast of St. Ignatius of Loyola Jer 15:10,16-21; Mt 13: 44-46 Today we celebrate the feast of St. Ignatius of Loyola. As we remember him, we know that it is hard to capture his legacy in several paragraphs. St. Ignatius, the founder of the Society of Jesus (SJ), was both a
Tuesday, July 30, 2024 Jer 14:17-22; Mt 13:36-43 Today’s Gospel alerts us to the truth that the spiritual battle is a real one. Though the coming of the Kingdom of God is a major theme in Matthew’s Gospel, our response to it occupies equal importance too. If the Kingdom of God represents the ideal of
