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Daily Mass Meditations Fr. Francis Therese Krautter csj Menu Brothers of Saint John Schedule Meeting/Confession Donate Scroll down to content Posts Posted on January 20, 2024 January 20, 2024 Third Sunday in Ordinary Time – Year B Sunday, January 21 What kind of certainty are we supposed to have in life? What should we be sure about? In the first reading we are reminded briefly about the story of Jonah and the Ninevites. From what we know about Nineva, it was not particularly morally corrupt when compared to the different cities around. It would seem that Nineva, when looked at from the outside, was a city that wasn’t particularly religious, it participated in the same sorts of organized commerce and city life that you would have found elsewhere at that time. In short, Nineva was a lot like the cities where most people live. We can safely imagine that Jonah began preaching doom to people who did not stand out as any more wicked than us. read more Share this: Print Facebook LinkedIn Twitter Tumblr Pinterest Email Like this: Like Loading... Posted on July 15, 2023 July 15, 2023 15th Sunday OT Year A Beloved brothers and sisters, our Lord Jesus Christ is the Sower who generously scatters the seed of God’s word. As St. Jerome said, God’s word is seed sown in fertile soil, yielding abundant harvest. Yet as Jesus’ parable shows, the soil’s condition matters greatly. Why parables? St. John Chrysostom noted Jesus taught parables to engage people face-to-face, meeting them where they were. As St. Jerome explained, Jesus used everyday stories to draw people deeper in understanding. The hard path represents those shutting out God’s word entirely. As St. Jerome lamented, the stubbornly unwilling perceive parables as riddles, not revelation. Let us pray for receptive hearts and spirits to receive God’s wisdom. How tragic to spurn life-giving teaching! We must guard against creeping hardness of heart over time. Worldly clamor and clinging to sin cement resistance if we’re not careful. But take heart! It’s not too late to let God soften hardened ground through repentance. By God’s grace the fallow fields of the soul can nourish new growth again. read more Share this: Print Facebook LinkedIn Twitter Tumblr Pinterest Email Like this: Like Loading... Posted on July 4, 2023 July 15, 2023 Tuesday of the Thirteenth Week in Ordinary Time I hope you are all familiar with the story of Sodom. The story is literally a warning about the punishment and judgment of God upon a city full of unchecked vice and sin. Allegorically, the Fathers of the Church bring us to the deeper spiritual lessons this tale imparts. Names, St. Ambrose reminds us, are often a clue in Sacred Scripture of where to dig to uncover the hidden pearls of wisdom. You see, Lot’s name means deviation.” Lot separates from Abram, deviates to a land that seemed better, more fertile, more pleasing. Lot associates himself with a people whom he found agreeable, despite their dissolute way of life. Lot only narrowly escapes death – he only narrowly escapes perdition. Origen remarks that the only good deed, the singular virtuous act performed by Lot was his hospitality to strangers. Angels entered the hospitable house; fire entered the houses closed to strangers.” read more Share this: Print Facebook LinkedIn Twitter Tumblr Pinterest Email Like this: Like Loading... Posts navigation Page 1 Page 2 … Page 131 Next page Divine Office Daily Readings Thursday of the Sixth Week of Easter by USCCB on May 9, 2024 at 8:30 am Readings for the Solemnity of the Ascension of the LordReadings for the Thursday of the Sixth Week of Easter - AscensionReading 1 Acts 18:1-8 Paul left Athens and went to Corinth.There he met a Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus,who had recently come from Italy with his wife Priscillabecause Claudius had ordered all the Jews to leave Rome.He went to visit them and, because he practiced the same trade,stayed with them and worked, for they were tentmakers by trade.Every sabbath, he entered into discussions in the synagogue,attempting to convince both Jews and Greeks.When Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia,Paul began to occupy himself totally with preaching the word,testifying to the Jews that the Christ was Jesus.When they opposed him and reviled him,he shook out his garments and said to them,"Your blood be on your heads!I am clear of responsibility. From now on I will go to the Gentiles."So he left there and went to a housebelonging to a man named Titus Justus, a worshiper of God;his house was next to a synagogue.Crispus, the synagogue official, came to believe in the Lordalong with his entire household, and many of the Corinthianswho heard believed and were baptized. Responsorial Psalm Ps 98:1, 2-3ab, 3cd-4 R. (see 2b) The Lord has revealed to the nations his saving power.or: R. Alleluia.Sing to the LORD a new song,for he has done wondrous deeds;His right hand has won victory for him,his holy arm.R. The Lord has revealed to the nations his saving power.or:R. Alleluia.The LORD has made his salvation known:in the sight of the nations he has revealed his justice.He has remembered his kindness and his faithfulnesstoward the house of Israel.R. The Lord has revealed to the nations his saving power.or:R. Alleluia.All the ends of the earth have seenthe salvation by our God.Sing joyfully to the LORD, all you lands;break into song; sing praise.R. The Lord has revealed to the nations his saving power.or:R. Alleluia. Alleluia See Jn 14:18 R. Alleluia, alleluia.I will not leave you orphans, says the Lord;I will come back to you, and your hearts will rejoice.R. Alleluia, alleluia. Gospel Jn 16:16-20 Jesus said to his disciples: "A little while and you will no longer see me,and again a little while later and you will see me."So some of his disciples said to one another,"What does this mean that he is saying to us,'A little while and you will not see me,and again a little while and you will see me,'and 'Because I am going to the Father'?"So they said, "What is this 'little while' of which he speaks?We do not know what he means." Jesus knew that they wanted to ask him, so he said to them,"Are you discussing with one another what I said,'A little while and you will not see me,and again a little while and you will see me'?Amen, amen, I say to you,you will weep and mourn, while the world rejoices;you will grieve, but your grief will become joy." - - -Lectionary for Mass for Use in the Dioceses of the United States, second typical edition, Copyright © 2001, 1998, 1997, 1986, 1970 Confraternity of Christian Doctrine; Psalm refrain © 1968, 1981, 1997, International Committee on English in the Liturgy, Inc. All rights reserved. Neither this work nor any part of it may be reproduced, distributed, performed or displayed in any medium, including electronic or digital, without permission in writing from the copyright owner. Login Log in Entries feed Comments feed WordPress.org Proudly powered by WordPress...