Ez 16:1-15, 60, 63; Is 12:2-6; Mt 19:3-12 The story of Saint Maximilian Mary Kolbe is contemporary. During the Nazi control of Germany many innocent and powerless people were thrown unjustly into prison. The Franciscan Priest Maximilian was considered a threat to the great Nazi propaganda effort because he published and taught the truth in […]
Continue ReadingEz 12:1-12; Ps 78:56-59,61,62; Mt 18:21-19:1 Tyrants are blinded by the light of Christ, a light that was not overcome by the darkness of any totalitarian state or atheistic ideology. Believers are given the grace to die like the Lord Jesus; he died out of love, self-sacrificial love. Such witness proclaims the truth of the […]
Continue ReadingEz 9:1-7;10:18-22; Ps 113:1-6; Mt 18:15-20 No one is like the LORD our God. The transcendence of the LORD is beyond our imagination. The LORD is unlike anything in the whole universe. We who seek the LORD must have his grace to desire and to seek. None of our senses can detect the LORD, and […]
Continue Reading1Phil 3:8-14; Ps 16:1B-2A, 5, 7-8, 11; Mt 19:27-29 All the saints come to the same conclusion that Saint Paul came to—we come to the truth that relationship with Christ makes everything else “so much rubbish.” Saint Clare of Assisi, friend and follower of Saint Francis of Assisi, discovered that the LORD is her portion […]
Continue Reading2Cor 9:6-10; Ps 112:1,2,5-9; Jn 12:24-26 As the story goes, the Deacon Lawrence was arrested for being a Christian, and he was commanded to bring the wealth of the church before his captors that they might reap some profit upon his arrest. The authorities knew that deacons in the church cared for the resources of […]
Continue ReadingHab1:12-2:4; Ps 9:8-13; Mt 17:14-20 The one who sits upon his throne for judgment is the LORD. He sits in judgment upon the world, and he governs the peoples with irrefutable equity. The LORD views the world he has made with eyes undimmed and clear for discerning between the oppressor and the oppressed. He is […]
Continue ReadingNa 2:1, 3; 3:1-3, 6-7 Deut 32:35CD-36AB, 39ABCD, 41 Mt 16:24-28 “Learn then that I, I alone, am God, and there is no god besides me. It is I who bring both death and life, I who inflict wounds and heal them.” This quote found in the Book of Deuteronomy is a part of our […]
Continue ReadingDn 7:9-10,13,14; Ps 97:1,2,5,6,9; 2Pt 1:16-19; Mt 17:1-9 Only eyes full of faith can see the fullness of The Glory. It is the gift of faith that enables us to go beyond all our senses to behold the truth that the LORD is king. In this faith-vision we see what cannot be seen until the […]
Continue ReadingJer 31:1-7; Jer 31:10,11,12ab,13; Mt 15:21-28 The Prophet Jeremiah makes outrageous claims. His prophecy seems like a taunt to broken Israel and scattered Jacob. Yet, the LORD announces his hessed, his faithful love, “I will be the God of all the tribes of Israel, and they shall be my people.” To a people that […]
Continue ReadingJer 30:1,2,12-15,18-22; Ps 102:16-21,29,22,23; Mt 15:1,2,10-14 Saint John Vianney gave himself over to sinners, just like the Lord Jesus. He spent countless hours celebrating the sacrament of Reconciliation. He had little time for sleep, and often his rest was disturbed by the evil one. Stories abound about the struggles Saint John had to endure as […]
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