by Greg Beben | May 24, 2026 | Meditations
We are presented today with two mothers, each of whom stood at the foot of a “tree” and listened to a “word,” which had profound consequences for her children. The first reading takes us back to the story of Adam and Eve’s fall from grace. Eve was standing at the foot...
by Greg Beben | May 29, 2023 | Meditations
It is most fitting that today, Monday after the Solemnity of the Pentecost, we celebrate the new Memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church. It can rightly be said that Pentecost is the day that the mission of the Church started, the day when the...
by Greg Beben | Jun 5, 2022 | Meditations
Today we celebrate the Memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church. This celebration, instituted by Pope Francis in 2018, is also an extension of yesterday’s celebration of Pentecost. In pondering the readings chosen for this feast, at first it can seem...
by Greg Beben | May 23, 2021 | Meditations
Yesterday’s solemnity, Pentecost Sunday, is celebrated as the “birthday of the Church.” Where there is a birth, there must be a mother. Today’s memorial of Mary, Mother of the Church was officially added to the liturgical calendar in 2018, so that the day after the...
