Feast of Saints Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael, archangels
Rv12:7-12; Ps138:1-5; Jn1:47-51 “Great is the glory of the LORD!” In this feast of the archangels, Saint Michael, Saint Gabriel, and Saint Raphael, we join our voices in the sight of all the angels to give wholehearted thanks to the LORD. In these great messengers from the holy temple of heaven we have received the […]
Friday of the Twenty-fifth Week in Ordinary Time
Eccl 3:1-11; Ps 144:1-4; Lk 9:18-22 “And a time to heal” The martyrs continued the compassion of the Lord Jesus who was always taking time and risking exposure by his own healing ministry. The danger of popularity is not evident until someone wants you dead and your influence finished. For these brave witnesses to the […]
Memorial of Saint Vincent de Paul, priest
Eccl 1:2-11; Ps 90:3-6,12-14,17; Lk 9:7-9 “We may gain wisdom of heart. ” In every age this hope emerges, perhaps we may gain wisdom of heart. With today’s psalm we ponder this hope, and we join with people of every generation in praying, “Return, O LORD!” We are dust and unto dust we shall return. Indeed, […]
Memorial of Saint Cosmas and Saint Damian
Prv 30:5-9; Ps 119:29,72,89,101,104,163; Lk 9:1-6 “Your law I love.” The Lord Jesus teaches his disciple in every age that wherever our hearts are, there is our treasure. Saint John of the Cross reaffirms the teaching that we become what we love. Our responsorial psalm has us pray about our love for the Law of […]
Tuesday of the Twenty-fifth Week in Ordinary Time
Prv 21:1-6,10-13; Ps 119:1,27,30,34,35,44; Lk 8:19-21 “Keep it with all my heart.” With today’s psalm we pray for the LORD to be our guide in the way of his commands. We pray for his guidance because without it our hearts will never learn wisdom. Until we keep the Law of the LORD with all our […]
Monday of the Twenty-fifth Week in Ordinary Time
Prv 3:27-34; Ps 15:2-4,5; Lk 8:16-18 “He who walks blamelessly and does justice” The only just one is Christ the Lord. The only one who has a claim to the Holy Mountain is the Lord Jesus. He alone does justice and walks blamelessly. Christ thinks the truth in his heart; he has claimed, “I am […]
Saturday of the Twenty-fourth Week in Ordinary Time
1Cor 15:35-37,42-49; Ps 56:10-14; Lk 8:4-15 “In God I trust without fear.” Because of the beautiful gift of faith those in danger because of persecution could ask the question: “What can flesh do against me?” Indeed, with them we are bound to God by the vows and thank offerings we offer to His Majesty. For […]
Three to Be Ordained September 22
Bishop Edward C. Malesic of the Diocese of Greensburg will ordain one man to the priesthood and two to the diaconate at 10 a.m. Saturday, September 22 at the Saint Vincent Archabbey Basilica. They are Brother David Klecker, O.S.B., and Brother Dominic Leo, O.S.B., both monks of Saint Vincent Archabbey, and Andrew Yan, a seminarian […]
