"Your Word, Lord, is truth." † John 17:17
“If Any Man Would Come After Me, Let Him Deny Himself.” There are moments in the Gospel when Jesus speaks words that comfort the human heart, and there are moments when He speaks words that disturb us precisely because they reach places within us that we would rather protect. Today’s Gospel belongs to the second … Read more
Catholic Mass Readings for Sunday, August 30th 2026 TWENTY-SECOND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME, YEAR A FIRST READING “The word of the Lord has become a reproach for me.” A reading from the Book of Jeremiah (JEREMIAH 20: 7 – 9) O Lord, you have deceived me, and I was deceived; you are stronger than I, … Read more
For you my soul is thirsting, O Lord, my God. Response is taken from psalm 63 verse 2b. There is something deeply intimate in this response: “For you my soul is thirsting, O Lord, my God.” It is the prayer of a heart that has discovered that nothing on earth can fully satisfy its deepest … Read more
Alleluia.May the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ enlighten the eyes of our hearts that we might know what is the hope to which he has called us.Alleluia. There is a beautiful prayer hidden within this Alleluia. We often ask God to change our circumstances, but Saint Paul reminds us that we first need God … Read more