August 16, 2025

August 16, 2025

Feast of Saint Stephen of Hungary; BVM The Responsorial (Psalm 16) expresses recognition of God as All Good: “You are my inheritance, O Lord.”   Joshua 24:14-29 tells the people to decide. “Decide today whom you will serve.” Will you direct your life by the goals and...
August 16, 2025

August 15, 2025

Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary The Entrance Antiphon begins, “A great sign appeared in heaven: a woman….” And that is what the Assumption is: a sign given by God for all times that is especially needed in ours. A sign that says God has chosen to...
August 16, 2025

August 14, 2025

Memorial of Saint Maximilian Kolbe, Priest and Martyr The Responsorial is just Alleluia! but the verses (Psalm 114) recall the “signs” God worked as he brought his people into the Promised Land.  In Joshua 3:7-17, the Lord promises to work wonders for Joshua in the...
August 16, 2025

August 13, 2025

Memorial of Saints Pontian, Pope, and Hippolytus, Priest, Martyrs The Responsorial (Psalm 66) alerts us to the greatness of the mystery of God’s promises and their fulfillment: “Blessed be God who filled my soul with fire.”  In Deuteronomy 34:1-12, God is about to...
August 16, 2025

August 12, 2025

Memorial of Saint Jane Frances de Chantal, Religious The Responsorial (Deuteronomy 32:3-12) “names” the People of God (who have become the Church) as God’s special possession! “The portion of the Lord is his People.”  In Deuteronomy 31:1-8, Moses urges the people to...