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Praised Be Jesus Christ! Today is the Feast of the Immaculate Heart of Mary. In the second reading, 2 Tim 4:1-8, Paul instructs Timothy to preach the Gospel “in and out of season”. As we celebrate the Immaculate Heart of Mary we can contemplate Mary’s constant pondering of the Life of Christ, and furthermore, her perfect example of loving the Christian life. Mary is the perfect example of bearing...

Today we celebrate the Solemnity of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus! The Heart of Jesus burns with love for humanity, it is wounded but constantly pours out love. As Jesus reveals his Most Sacred Heart to St. Mary Alacoque He emphasizes His desire that the Gospel be shared with the whole world. The Lord calls of us, who are, with St. Paul, “the least of the holy ones” to share the Gospel . Let us p...

Praised be Jesus Christ! Today’s Gospel Reading is Mark 12:28-34. Jesus provides us with the two greatest commandments. To love God above all others and to love all others for God. By putting God first, we are able to love all others properly. Today, let us pray for the grace to put into practice the first and greatest Commandment and the second which is like it.

Praised Be Jesus Christ! Today’s First Reading is from 2 Tim 1. Paul is reminding Timothy that the Good News is not only preached but is given sacramentally. When St. Timothy was ordained he was given the gift of the Holy Spirit, a spiritual reality to live in. St. Boniface was a tremendous witness of this, proclaiming the Gospel to a pagan people, and as such, stirring the flame in his heart. Lik...

Praised Be Jesus Christ!  Today’s Gospel Reading is Mark 12:13-17. Jesus is asked if it’s a sin to pay the census tax. The census, remember, is a grave act for the Jews (cf. David's census being considered a grave sin). Nonetheless, Jesus says those famous words “Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.” (Mk 12:17). The Lord’s instruction applies today,...

Praised Be Jesus Christ! Today’s Gospel Reading is Mark 12:1-12. Today is the feast of St. Charles Lwanga. St. Charles was a man who was appointed an official to his king in Uganda after his predecessor was executed for challenging the king’s decision to execute Anglican missionaries. Charles not only protected other servants in the kings court, but gave his life defending them from the sexual adv...

Praised Be Jesus Christ! Today’s Gospel Reading is Mark 14:12-26. It is fitting that we hear of the Last Supper on the Solemnity of Corpus Christi! Today we celebrate the Eucharist, the gift of the Lord’s very presence. As we are in a time of Eucharistic Revival, we are reminded of our need for this great gift. What is our disposition before the Eucharist today? Let us pray for the grace to grow i...

Praised Be Jesus Christ! Today’s Gospel is Mark 11: 27-33. It is the feast of St. Justin Martyr. St. Justin is one of the earliest apologists in the history of the Church. He writes about the structure of the Mass, Christians in society, and standing against the temptation to earthly power. St. Justin also shares how the priest gives God praise and worship to the best of their ability. Let us pray...

Praised Be Jesus Christ! Today’s Gospel Reading is Luke 1:39-56, it is the feast of the Visitation! When Mary greets Elizabeth, John the Baptist jumps in the womb of Mary. So too, we hear the great phrase “blessed are you” and the Magnificcat, “my soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord”. Through the message of the Gospel, we are being invited into the greatness of the Lord. Does our soul proclai...

Praised Be Jesus Christ! Today’s Gospel Reading is Mark 10:46-52. The fact that Jesus is leaving Jericho with his disciples and a large crowd of people is significant. Jericho represents “the walled place” that needs to be destroyed. What is it then? It’s sin. Jesus thus goes to the city of sin on a mission, and when he leaves, there are many people who leave with Him. Let us pray for the grace to...

Praised Be Jesus Christ! Today’s Gospel Reading is Mark 10:32-45. Jesus is reminding his apostles what is going to happen, namely, that he will suffer and die. He’s also reminding them what is required of his disciples. We also learn several lessons about what it means to pray as a disciple. If you’re going to be a disciple you have to prepare yourself for challenges, difficulties, and put yoursel...

Praised Be Jesus Christ! Today’s Gospel Reading is Mark 10:28-31. The Apostles have given up everything to follow Jesus. What will happen to them? What’s the reward? The reward is that they will receive one hundredfold in return, in the next life, and persecution in this life. Even if we experience persecution, it is worth it for the gift of everlasting life.

Praised Be Jesus Christ! Today’s Goose Reading is Mark 10:17-27. A rich young man asks Jesus how to enter the kingdom of heaven. Jesus gives him (and us) the fundamental rule, follow the commandments. Further, if you do this, sell what you have, give to the poor, and come and follow Jesus. What is holding you back from true discipleship?

Praised Be Jesus Christ! Today’s Reading is MT 28:16-28. This Gospel calls us to contemplate the specific mystery that God is a Trinity of Persons. Ultimately, the Trinity is not something that we are fully capable of understanding. Nonetheless, we are able to enter into relationship with God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit.

Praised Be Jesus Christ! Today the first reading is James 5:13-20. James is instructing the Christian community on prayer. He teaches we should always lead with prayer and draw together in union in service, in other words to act in word and deed.

Praised Be Jesus Christ!  Today’s Gospel reading is Mark 10:1-12. Today, Jesus teaches on divorce. “In the beginning it was not so”. Marriage is meant to highlight the complimentary of man and woman, with their union being a sign of the love of God Himself. This is so challenging because we so often fail to be a good example of God’s love to each other.   

Praised Be Jesus Christ! Today’s Gospel is Mark 9:41-50.  If we were to cause one of the littlest one to sin, we’d be better to have a millstone tied around our neck and thrown into the sea. These are not gentle words. Jesus is highlighting just how dangerous sin is. Sin truly causes death. Jesus teaches us that the key to overcoming sin is to be a disciple of Jesus. Will people see in me love for...

Today’s Gospel Reading is Mark 9:38-40. The apostles find a man casting out demons in the name of Jesus. They go to stop him, but Jesus prevents them saying that anyone who is not “against us” is for us. Jesus desires that all of us would be exercising His power, bringing His mercy and light to the world. Jesus desires that all people would come to great faith. It’s also helpful to remember that i...

Praised Be Jesus Christ! Today’s Gospel reading is Mark 9:30-37. If we want to be first, we must be last. If we want to have any kind of status at all, we must humble ourselves. The challenge is to take the second place, to say yes when we are invited to give of ourselves. Today, let us pray for the virtue humility.

Praised Be Jesus Christ! Today’s Gospel Reading is John 19:25-34. Today we celebrate the Feast of Mary, Mother of the Church. Mary is the Mother of the WHOLE Church. From the Cross, Jesus gave Mary as a mother to all of us. Just as John brings Mary into his own home, so we are called to bring her into our homes. Mary always points us to her son, reminding us of the truths of the Gospel. The Church...

Praised Be Jesus Christ! Today’s Gospel Reading is Acts 2:1-11. It is the story of the coming of the Holy Spirit. Jesus sends the Holy Spirit upon the apostles and they go out immediately and begin sharing the Gospel. Come Holy Spirit and renew the face of the earth, renew us! The Church is STILL in the “phase of Pentecost”. We NEED the Holy Spirit! Come, Holy Spirit!

Praised Be Jesus Christ!  Today’s Gospel Reading is John 21: 20-25. Peter asks what will happen with John the Beloved Disciple and Jesus instructs him to to be faithful to his own mission. So too we must be faithful in our own time, location, and vocation. By doing so we will bear the fruit the Lord intends. How is that the Lord desires us, individually, to be his disciples and proclaim his Gospel...

Praised Be Jesus Christ! Today’s Gospel Reading is John 21: 15-19. In this Gospel, Jesus asks Peter three times, do you love me? The corresponding yes comes with the task of watching over Jesus’s sheep. Jesus is asking us, “do you love me?”, and by this, do we love the Lord more than everything else? Let us pray for the grace to put the Lord above everything else

Praised Be Jesus Christ! Today’s Gospel Reading is John 17:20-26. Jesus continues to pray for His disciples, us, and the Church. Not just the apostles, but all who come to faith through them. Those who have received and passed on the apostolic faith. Is there one person who the Lord desires to bring to His mercy through us? Let us pray that our labor be fruitful, remembering He has consecrated us...

Praised Be Jesus Christ! Todays reading is Acts 20:28-38. Paul is preparing the people for the time that he will have to leave. As the people pray for and over Paul, they weep. They know they won’t see him again, and so there is a sadness for his departure, but also a joy for what he’s given them. Today let us give thanks to God for the great witnesses of the Christian faith in our own lives.