"Your Word, Lord, is truth." † John 17:17
“Do You Begrudge My Generosity?” There is something about today’s Gospel that can make even a faithful Christian uncomfortable. If we listen to the parable only with our ordinary understanding of fairness, the complaint of the labourers who worked from early morning seems reasonable. They endured the heat of the day, worked for many hours, … Read more
“The Lord is my shepherd; there is nothing I shall want.” Psalm 23 gives us one of the most beautiful pictures of what it means to place our lives completely in God’s hands. A good shepherd does not simply walk ahead of the flock; he knows his sheep, protects them, searches for them when they … Read more
Alleluia.The word of the Lord is living and active, discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart.Alleluia. The Word of God is not something we simply hear at Mass and then leave behind. It is living and active because God continues to speak through it, reaching into places within us that we sometimes prefer not to examine. … Read more
Catholic Mass Readings Wednesday, August 19th 2026 TWENTIETH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME, YEAR II FIRST READING “I will rescue my sheep from their mouths, that they may not be food for them.” A reading from the Book of the Prophet Ezekiel (EZEKIEL 34: 1 – 11) The word of the Lord came to me: “Son of … Read more