Friday, July 26, 2024 Feast of Sts. Joachim and Anne, Parents of the Blessed Virgin Mother Mary Jer 3:14-17; Mt 13:18-23 Today we celebrate the feast of Saints Joachim and Anne, the parents of Mother Mary. Their lives are not directly recorded in the Bible, but early Christian traditions, which are not considered authoritative in […]
Thursday, July 25, 2024 Feast of St. James, Apostle 2 Cor 4:7-15; Mt 20:20-28 Today we celebrate the feast of St. James the Apostle, who is also known as James the Great or James the Greater to be distinguished from his namesake. (The epithet ‘Great’ or ‘Greater’ is due to his greater size or the
Wednesday, July 24, 2024 Jer 1:1,4-10; Mt 13:1-9 Today’s Gospel invites us to understand the truth of the parable of the sower and to live it out. The fact that Jesus ‘spoke at length in parables’ means that the words of Jesus must not be taken literally. As such, though the parable of the sower
