Jesus said to his disciples:“Amen, I say to you, it will be hard for one who is richto enter the Kingdom of heaven.Again I say to you,it is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needlethan for one who is rich to enter the Kingdom of God.”When the disciples heard this, …
Today, August 16, is the memorial of Saint Roch. Patron saint invoked against epidemics and plagues. Popularly known as San Roque, he was a French nobleman who early developed a sympathy for the poor and sick; reported to have been born with the image of a red cross on his breast. Orphaned at age 20, …
A young man approached Jesus and said,“Teacher, what good must I do to gain eternal life?”He answered him, “Why do you ask me about the good?There is only One who is good.If you wish to enter into life, keep the commandments.”He asked him, “Which ones?”And Jesus replied, “You shall not kill;you shall not commit adultery;you …
Mary set outand traveled to the hill country in hasteto a town of Judah,where she entered the house of Zechariahand greeted Elizabeth.When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting,the infant leaped in her womb,and Elizabeth, filled with the Holy Spirit,cried out in a loud voice and said,“Blessed are you among women,and blessed is the fruit of your womb.And …
Today, August 14, is the memorial of Saint Maximilian Kolbe. Maximilian was born in 1894 in Poland and became a Franciscan Conventual. He contracted tuberculosis and, though he recovered, he remained sickly all his life. In 1906, the Blessed Virgin appeared to him in a vision. She offered him a white crown and a red …
Children were brought to Jesusthat he might lay his hands on them and pray.The disciples rebuked them, but Jesus said,“Let the children come to me, and do not prevent them;for the Kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.”After he placed his hands on them, he went away. Matthew 19:13-15 Point for ReflectionWhat role does …
Today, August 13, is the memorial of the Blessed Claretian Martyrs of Barbastro. The Spanish Civil War (1936-1939) witnessed the killings of priests, nuns, religious, and Catholic lay leaders through Spain. Among those killed were 51 Claretians, most of them young seminarians who just arrived at the Claretian community in Barbastro to finish the final …
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Some Pharisees approached Jesus, and tested him, saying, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any cause whatever?”He said in reply, “Have you not read that from the beginningthe Creator made them male and female and said,For this reason a man shall leave his father and motherand be joined to his …
Today, August 12, is the memorial of Blessed Isidore Bakanja. Carmelite martyr. Isidore was born in 1887 in Bokendela, Congo. He was a member of the Boangi tribe. The young Isidore had to work as a bricklayer and farmer in order to survive. He was converted to Christianity in 1906. He was working in a …
Peter approached Jesus and asked him,“Lord, if my brother sins against me,how often must I forgive him?As many as seven times?”Jesus answered, “I say to you, not seven times but seventy-seven times.That is why the Kingdom of heaven may be likened to a kingwho decided to settle accounts with his servants.When he began the accounting,a …