May
31
The Visitation
May 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Today is the Feast of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The story is told in Luke 1 and gives us two great prayers.
The first great prayer is the second part of the Hail Mary. The first part of Ave Maria is taken from the Annunciation when St. Gabriel cries out -
Hail Mary, full of [...]
May
30
Sacred Heart & A Prayer for Priests
May 30, 2008 | 1 Comment
Today is a great day for prayer.
First, we have the Solemnity of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus. We should pray that we become aware of all the ways that Christ loves us and that we grow in faith so that we are able to show our love for him - that we are able to join our hearts [...]
May
29
Playing Like Kids Again
May 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment
I’m talking baseball today and it’s all because of Jay Bruce, the newest member of the Cincinnati Reds.
He is the #1 prospect in baseball, the next can’t miss kid. And the Reds finally called him up on Monday.
Tuesday night, he was on base all five times he batted; last night, he reached base another three times. [...]
May
28
To Serve - Not to Be Served
May 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Today’s gospel has one of the most meaningful passages for me in it.
In Mark 10, Jesus is instructing the apostles after James and John started asking him about sitting at his left and right when he came into his kingdom. While rather bold and brazen of the two of them, Jesus uses the moment to [...]
May
27
“Gird Up Your Loins”
May 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment
One of the great things about the epistles is that St. Paul, St. Peter and St. James give us so many simple rules for living. Instruction that makes our lives easier - if we heed it.
Today’s first reading from St. Peter (1 Peter 1) carries such an instruction -
[G]ird up the loins of your mind, [...]
May
26
Memorial Day
May 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment
There are men and women who have walked among us, and sacrficed everything they have and everything they are to keep us and others throughout the world free. They have gone to liberate, save and comfort - to make the world a better place. And they have paid with their lives for what we too often take for [...]
May
25
Corpus Christi Sunday
May 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment
How about if we truly think about the following when we go to communion today on this the Solemnity of Corpus Christ (the Body and Blood of Christ) -
We are partaking of THE body and blood of Christ - it is the Real Presence of our Lord.
There is one piece (or so) of bread and one glass (or so) of wine which [...]
May
24
Our Lady of Sheshan
May 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Today is the World Day of Prayer for the Church in China - enough said. Imagine - 1.3 billion souls just waiting for the Holy Spirit.
Here’s the Holy Father’s Prayer to Our Lady of Sheshan -
Virgin Most Holy, Mother of the Incarnate Word and our Mother,
venerated in the Shrine of Sheshan under the title “Help of [...]
May
23
St. Louis & Senator Kennedy
May 23, 2008 | 1 Comment
Two totally unrelated thoughts for today . . .
Archbishop Burke just ordained nine new priests to his See in St. Louis. That’s the total for the Archdiocese in the past three years combined. They have so many guys interested in the priesthood that they are actually talking about expanding the seminary.
To say that this news is [...]
May
22
I think I might have a new favorite saint. St. Rita of Cascia is new to the U.S. liturgical calendar even though she lived in the 15th Century and was canonized in 1900. Why the Church waited so long to canonize her and then get her on our calendar is beyond me because I fell in [...]
