Thirty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time

by | Nov 12, 2022 | Meditations

In the Spiritual Reflection for this week, Pope Francis says this about God: “It is He, the Lord, Who guides our existence and knows the ultimate purpose of things and events.” This is what we believe as Christians – that God has a plan for the world, and for each one...

Thirty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time

by | Nov 5, 2022 | Meditations

In the month of November, the Church focuses in a special way on what is to come after death. The month begins with All Saints Day and All Souls Day, and it concludes with the Solemnity of Christ the King, which is the celebration of what will take place at the end of...

Solemnity of All Saints

by | Oct 31, 2022 | Meditations

Sunday’s readings taught us the importance of being merciful as the Lord has been merciful to us. Mercy, however, extends beyond what we can do for one another in this life; it extends beyond this world. Therefore, to use an example from Sunday’s Gospel, although the...

Thirty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time

by | Oct 29, 2022 | Meditations

The God who reveals himself to us, in whom we believe and whom we worship, is a God of mercy. He is a God who created us out of love, and who reaches out to us in mercy in order to share with us the eternal and rich glories he has promised that the saints will inherit...

Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time

by | Oct 22, 2022 | Meditations

Our readings today highlight two important virtues: humility and poverty. But even if they are important in our spiritual life, they are certainly unpopular in the world. They are an affront to modern culture’s relentless self-promotion and craving for material...