We must live by the obedience of faith, a faith that shows itself in works of charity and self-giving. That’s the lesson the two widows are teaching us in today’s readings.
The widow in the First …
In the Catholic Church we have the great tradition of praying for all the beloved deceased souls throughout the month of November. It is good to know why we should be praying for the dead.
Death …
Today’s Gospel is about a blind man, Bartimaeus, who becomes the first person outside of the Apostles to recognize Jesus as the Messiah. And his healing is the last miracle Jesus performs before entering the …
Balu was a very humble and God-fearing man. He was very knowledgeable about many things in the world. One day while he was traveling along the mountainside, he found a piece of green rock on …
We Lose what We Keep, and We Gain what We Give Away
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First and foremost, discipleship is not a very easy thing in our lives. Jesus asks the rich man, and he is also asking each one of us, to divest ourselves of our idols and all …
What God Has Joined Together No Human Being Must Separate
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Jesus deals with the issue of divorce by taking his hearers back to the beginning of creation and to God's plan for the human race. In Genesis 2:23-24 we see God's intention and ideal that …
Regardless of one’s religion, see how Pope Francis has beautifully written about the family:
Family, a place of forgiveness. There is no perfect family, we do not have perfect parents, you are not perfect yourself. We …
We cannot share in God's glory without the cross. When Jesus prophesied his own betrayal and crucifixion, it did not make any sense to his disciples because it did not fit their understanding of what …
Many in Israel recognized Jesus as a mighty man of God, even comparing him with the greatest of the prophets. Peter, always quick to respond whenever Jesus spoke, professed that Jesus was truly the "Christ …
One day a rich man gave a basket full of bad and rotten food to a poor man, thinking that he could give something to the less fortunate. The poor man thanked the rich man …
Now the vocation of Israel was indeed to be a holy people, who were to be a light to the nations. This is our call as well, because we, too, are God's disciples who are …
Faith is a gift which God freely gives to those who listen to his Word and who put their trust in him. Faith is a personal response to God's revelation of himself. Faith is neither …
