Reflection on the Word: Saturday of the 26th Week in Ordinary Time – October 1, 2022
To be able to experience God, to encounter God and to be changed by the encounter, is, at its core, the heart of the Christian life.
Reflection on the Word – Memorial of St. Monica – August 27, 2022
In today’s Gospel, Jesus calls us to courage and affirms our value even when we think we don’t matter. And St. Paul’s words remind us to be humble – not because we don’t matter, but precisely the opposite!
Reflection for Saturday of the 20th Week in Ordinary Time – Memorial of St. Bernard – August 20, 2022
In the Gospels, Jesus is often most upset with those who – while thinking they are doing God’s will – actually make it harder for people to experience the love and mercy of God.
Reflection for Saturday of the 19th Week in Ordinary Time – August 13, 2022
The prophet Ezekiel reminds that God is calling us to take on a new heart and a new spirit – one that recognizes past failings and sins, their impacts, and the desire to live more justly. And in the Gospel for today, Jesus strikingly points to children as examples of that new heart and spirit.
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