Memorial of the Holy Guardian Angels Readings: Nehemiah 2:1-8 Psalms 137:1-2, 3, 4-5, 6 Matthew 18:1-5, 10 Memorial of the Holy Guardian Angels Readings: Exodus 23:20-23 Psalms 91:1-2, 3-4AB, 4C-6, 10-11 Matthew 18:1-5, 10

Memorial of the Holy Guardian Angels So valuable to heaven is the dignity of the human soul that every member of the human race has a guardian angel from the moment the person begins to be. — St. Jerome

Sixteen years ago my wife was pregnant with our second child. From several ultrasounds, we knew that our child was a boy and that he had hydrocephalus. Our doctor surmised that his condition would not be severe, but there was no way to know…

Memorial of St. Thérèse of the Child Jesus, Virgin and Doctor of the Church For a sermon on the Blessed Virgin to please me and do me any good, I must see her real life, not her imagined life. I’m sure that her real life was very simple. —…

Memorial of St. Thérèse of the Child Jesus, Virgin and Doctor of the Church Readings: Zechariah 8:20-23 Psalms 87:1B-3, 4-5, 6-7 Luke 9:51-56 Memorial of Saint Therese of the Child Jesus Readings: Isaiah 66:10-14C Psalms 131:1BCDE, 2, 3…

By now we know that the abuse of children and vulnerable adults crosses many boundaries. Not only has the phenomenon reared its ugly head in various Catholic dioceses around the world, it is definitely not limited to the confines of the…

Memorial of St. Jerome, Priest and Doctor of the Church Readings: Zechariah 8:1-8 Psalms 102:16-18, 19-21, 29, 22-23 Luke 9:46-50 Memorial of Saint Jerome Readings: 2 Timothy 3:14-17 Psalms 119:9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 Matthew 13:47-52

Memorial of St. Jerome, Priest and Doctor of the Church Ignorance of the Scriptures is ignorance of Christ. — St. Jerome

Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time We must take two equally strong resolutions into our heart: One is to resign ourselves to seeing noxious weeds growing in the garden of our soul; and the other is to keep trying to get rid of them. — St.…

Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time Readings: Amos 6:1A, 4-7 Psalms 146:7, 8-9, 9-10 1 Timothy 6:11-16 Luke 16:19-31