September 5, 2025

September 5, 2025

Friday of the Twenty-Second Week in Ordinary Time The Responsorial (Psalm 100) invites us: “Come with joy into the presence of the Lord.” This is an invitation to Mass!    We all know that in Communion we receive the “body and blood of Jesus Christ our Lord.” But do...
September 5, 2025

September 4, 2025

Thursday of the Twenty-Second Week in Ordinary Time The Responsorial (Psalm 98) assures us: “The Lord has made known his salvation.” Do you have any doubts that it has been made known to you?   In Colossians 1:9-14, Paul is continuing to thank God because “The Lord...
September 3, 2025

September 3, 2025

Saint Gregory the Great, Pope and Doctor of the Church The liturgical Instructions tell us that both the presider and the congregation should “spend some time praying privately” after all have received Communion. (General Instruction, no. 88).   Paul’s letter to the...
September 5, 2025

September 2, 2025

64th Anniversary of the Ordination of David M. Knight in Lyon, France In the Mass, the Rite of Communion is a celebration, a preview, a foretaste of the “end time,” the eternal celebration of the “wedding banquet of the Lamb.” We know it is coming. We know that death...
September 5, 2025

September 1, 2025

Monday of the Twenty-Second Week in Ordinary Time In 1Thessalonians 4:13-18, Paul is talking about death, resurrection, and the final coming of Jesus—all themes that belong in the Rite of Communion of the Mass!   Paul says Let’s be clear about death. Otherwise, we...