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From the Letter to St. James this weekend: Where do the wars and where do the conflicts among you come from? Is it not from your passions that make war within your members? You covet but do not possess. You kill and envy but you cannot obtain; you fight and wage war. You do not possess because you do not ask. You ask but do not receive, because you ask wrongly, to spend it on your passions. The po...

Why would Jesus warn people not to tell others that he’s the Christ? Isn’t that counter productive? The post What Ideology Makes us Miss | 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time appeared first on Love Speaks. .

Jesus dismantles the Pharisee’s argument in one sentence…a sentence which, as usual, makes no sense in English. The post Words and What They Mean | 22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time 2024 appeared first on Love Speaks. .

Farewell Homily to Ss. Peter and Paul, Naperville 10th Sunday in Ordinary Time 9 June 2024 — What is the greatest tragedy in human history? Besides, of course, for the day that Steve Bartman caught that ball at Wrigley Field in 2003 and the comparably awful moment when the first person decided that coconut should be included in desserts. Last night, I was in the mood for some hard-hitting research...

St. Thomas Aquinas: Since it was the will of God’s only-begotten Son that men should share in his divinity, he assumed our nature in order that by becoming man he might make men gods. Moreover, when he took our flesh he dedicated the whole of its substance to our salvation. He offered his body to God the Father on the altar of the cross as a sacrifice for our reconciliation. He shed his blood for...

A blessed Pentecost!! The post For the Forgiveness of Sins | Pentecost 2024 appeared first on Love Speaks. .

We continue to move through this Easter season, filled with gladness and fully aware of the magnitude of the resurrection of Jesus from the dead. For weeks now, we’ve heard of the work and faith of the early Church through these readings from the Acts of the Apostles, and the second readings have filled us with practical wisdom and exhortations from Ss. Peter, Paul, and John the Beloved. But if yo...