A reflection on this Sunday’s readings from a praise and worship Holy Hour at the National Shrine of the The Divine Mercy.
Month: September 2017
Memorial of Saint Jerome, Priest and Doctor of the Church
Caravaggio’s St. Jerome
Sept 29 – Feast of the Holy Archangels Michael, Raphael, and Gabriel
Icon of the holy Archangels (from Russia)
Stepping on the Serpent: A Parish Mission Pt. 4 – “The Cross”
This past Lent I had the joy of presenting a mission on my upcoming book Stepping on the Serpent: The Journey of Trust with Mary at St. Monica’s Catholic Church in Converse, Texas. We are one week away from the release of the book, and today is the final part of the mission.
In this final part I speak on the Crucifixion of Jesus and how to trust God even in the darkest moments of our lives, just as Mary did at the foot of the Cross.
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Away for the Week
This week I am in southern Arizona giving a retreat for the priests of the diocese of Gallup, New Mexico. While I won’t have homilies to post for the week, I will be keeping you all in prayer. Please pray for me and all of the priests on this retreat, and remember to visit the blog on Thursday for the last presentation from Stepping on the Serpent: A Parish Mission. God bless!
25th Sunday in Ordinary Time – Year A
In today’s Gospel we hear the parable of the workers in the vineyard. Do you rejoice to be in the vineyard of the Lord? He is our true reward.
Memorial of Saint Padre Pio of Pietrelcina, Priest
Friday of the 24th Week in Ordinary Time
“Those who want to be rich are falling into temptation and into a trap
and into many foolish and harmful desires,
which plunge them into ruin and destruction.” (1 Tim 6:9)
The Greek word for plunge here refers to overburdening a ship, causing it to sink and create a shipwreck. See Luke 5:7: “They signaled to their partners in the other boat to come to help them. They came and filled both boats so that they were in danger of sinking.”
St. Paul’s point: greed overburdens our hearts and causes them to be shipwrecked along our journey to Heaven…
Feast of St. Matthew, Apostle
The Call of St. Matthew – Caravaggio
Stepping on the Serpent: A Parish Mission Pt. 3 – “The Gospels”
This past Lent I had the joy of presenting a mission on my upcoming book Stepping on the Serpent: The Journey of Trust with Mary at St. Monica’s Catholic Church in Converse, Texas. In preparation for the official release of the book on Oct. 5, the Feast of St. Faustina Kowalska, every Thursday I will post a presentation from the mission.
In this week’s presentation, I talk about examples of trust from the Gospels – specifically St. Peter and Our Lady.
Fr. Thaddaeus, MIC 