"Your Word, Lord, is truth." † John 17:17
“New Wine Must Be Put into Fresh Wineskins” The Bridegroom Is With Us In today’s Gospel, the Pharisees and scribes come to Jesus with a question. They have noticed that the disciples of John fast, and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, but the disciples of Jesus eat and drink. Beneath their question is something … Read more
“From the Lord comes the salvation of the just.”Taken from Psalm 37: 3 – 4, 5 – 6, 27 – 26, 39 – 40 (Response.) 39a Psalm 37 speaks to those moments when doing what is right seems difficult and trusting God feels harder than taking matters into our own hands. Its answer is beautifully simple: … Read more
Alleluia.I am the light of the world, says the Lord; he who follows me will have the light of life.Alleluia. There is something deeply comforting in this Alleluia: “I am the light of the world.” Jesus does not simply show us a path; He becomes the light by which the path can be seen. Without … Read more
Catholic Mass Readings for Friday, September 4th 2026 TWENTY-SECOND WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME, YEAR II FIRST READING “The Lord will disclose the purposes of the heart.” A reading from the first Letter of Saint Paul to the Corinthians (1 CORINTHIANS 4: 1 – 5) Brethren: This is how one should regard us, as servants of … Read more
Every year on September 3, the Catholic Church celebrates the Memorial of Saint Gregory the Great, Pope and Doctor of the Church, one of the most remarkable pastors ever to occupy the Chair of Saint Peter. Few saints have left their mark upon so many different areas of Catholic life. Saint Gregory the Great was … Read more