Is 58:9-14; Ps 86:1-6; Lk 5:27-32 Who is abounding in kindness? The LORD is abounding in kindness and him alone! It is the beginning of Psalm 86 that teaches us the way of the LORD so that we may walk in his truth. The truth is we have occasionally cried out to the LORD. We […]
Continue ReadingIs 58:1-9; Ps 51: 3-6, 18, 19; Mk 9:14-15 What a rare thing indeed: a heart contrite and humbled. Yet, this is what Lent is supposed to produce. In this desert retreat we are bound to encounter our demons and our weakness, and it is just such encounters that are supposed to initiate a conversion […]
Continue ReadingDt 30:15-20; Ps 1:1-4, 6; Lk 9:22-25 The way of the just is the way of the Christ. The Lord Jesus identified himself as the Way, the Truth, and the Life. Those who hope in the Lord are truly blessed; they follow the way of the Just One, Jesus Christ. Our blessing is to turn […]
Continue ReadingJl 2:12-18; Ps 51:3-6, 12-14, 17; 2Cor 5:20-6:2; Mt 6:1-6, 16-18 If we prayed Psalm 51 every day throughout lent, perhaps then we would retrieve the joy of God’s salvation. However, this may be just too much to ask; so perhaps we could simply pray for forty days, “Lord, give me back the joy of […]
Continue ReadingGn. 6:5-8; 7:1-5, 10; Ps 29:1-4, 3b, 9c-10; Mk 8:14-21 We join in religious community to give the LORD glory and praise, to give Him the glory due his name. We would adore the LORD in holy attire. In prayer and meditation they would listen to the voice of the LORD. In the temple […]
Continue ReadingGn 4:1-15,25; Ps 50:1,8,16bc,17,20,21; Mk 8:11-13 Liturgy, that is not one with all of life, is not pleasing to the LORD God Almighty. It is never enough for us to recite his statues or profess his covenant with our mouth; we must delight in his discipline and never speak against our siblings much less hate […]
Continue ReadingGn 3:9-24; Ps 90:2-6,12,13; Mk 8:1-10 From day to day the LORD God calls out to us: “Where are you?” Our Creator wants to take a walk with us and enjoy our fellowship. Yet, still we hide ourselves because we feel guilty. The Lord Jesus, the eternally faithful son of the Father has come to […]
Continue ReadingGn 3:1-8; Ps 32:1-7; Mk 7:31-37 As our psalm has us pray, “the LORD is kind and merciful!” Even though He knows how weak and twisted we really are from the first encounter with the most cunning of all the animals. In the gospel the Lord Jesus continues to work signs and wonders among the […]
Continue ReadingGn 2:18-25; Ps 128:1-5; Mk 7:24-30 With Saint Bernadette and Our Lady of Lourdes, we bless the LORD! He is clothed with majesty and glory, robed in light as with a cloak. The Blessed Mother was clothed in white encircled by a blue girdle. Also she wore a white veil, and there was a yellow […]
Continue ReadingSg 8:6-7; Ps 148:1,2,11,13,14; Lk10:38-42 Saint Scholastica and Saint Benedict were twins. They came from wealth and gave all they had away to God and to the needy, and they lived a life of simplicity and contemplation. Early monks and nuns often murmured wisdom because they were memorizing the psalms and other scripture passages in […]
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