8th Week, Ordinary Time, Tuesday, May 25
Ecclesiasticus 35:1-12 / Mark 10:28-31
The just man's sacrifice is most pleasing: It will never be forgotten.
A new ministry is arising among shut-ins and retired people.
8th Week, Ordinary Time, Tuesday, May 25
Ecclesiasticus 35:1-12 / Mark 10:28-31
The just man's sacrifice is most pleasing: It will never be forgotten.
A new ministry is arising among shut-ins and retired people.
8th Week: May 24-29:
May 24 Monday (Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the
Church)
One of the most recent architectural additions to Saint Peter’s Square is the mosaic of Mary “Mother of the Church,”
8th Week, Ordinary Time, Saturday, May 29
Ecclesiasticus 51:12-20 / Mark 11:27-33
We sometimes think of wisdom as being reserved for people with grey hair. There is indeed a wisdom that comes from years of living.
8th Week, Ordinary Time, Friday, May 28
Ecclesiasticus
44:1. 9-13 / Mark 11:11-26
The memory of the good endures: Their glory will never be blotted out.
Africans have a far deeper appreciation of their ancestors and forefathers than we do. There is even a form of ancestor worship that has developed within some African tribes.
8th Week, Ordinary Time, Thursday, May 27
Ecclesiasticus 42:15-25 / Mark 10:46-52
How wonderful is God's work: It fills the earth.
At the age of 44, Carlo Caretto felt a call to leave everything, go into the desert in Arabia, and become a member of the Little Brothers of Jesus.
8th Week, Ordinary Time, Wednesday, May 26
Ecclesiasticus 36:1, 4-5, 10-17 / Mark 10:32-45
After graduating from Georgetown University, Anne Donohue did volunteer work at Covenant House, a shelter for runaways in New York City.
7th Week of Easter, Friday, May 21
Acts 25:3-21 / John 21:15-19
Paul goes
before King Agrippa; Paul claimed Jesus is alive.
Some years ago there was a best-seller entitled I Never Promised You a Rose Garden.
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Easter 7th Week: May 17-22:
May 17 Monday: John 16: 29-33:
Context: Jesus is speaking to his apostles after the
Last Supper.
Scripture lessons: In this Last Supper discourse, Jesus explains his Divine origin and his relationship to God his Father in clear terms without using any metaphors.