January 6, 2026

January 6, 2026

Tuesday After Epiphany The Responsorial Psalm foretells, “Lord, every nation on earth will adore you” (Psalm 72). Picture it.  Adoration is a total, all-unifying response to the overwhelming truth and beauty of God. Before the infinite Being of God, in whom all truth,...
January 5, 2026

January 5, 2026

The Responsorial Psalm promises the Messiah: “I will give you all nations for an inheritance” (Psalm 2).  The truth of Christ can enlighten and shine through every culture on earth. Christ’s love can transform and bring to perfection every human endeavor. All of...
January 4, 2026

January 4, 2026

Jesus is the Guiding Star Do you feel guided in your life? By what? What do you use from day to day to keep you on course toward your life’s goals?  Do you have more than one goal in life? If so, what unifies or harmonizes them? The Epiphany is all about Jesus leading...
January 6, 2026

January 3, 2026

Saturday, Christmas Weekday 1John 2:29 to 3:6 tells us that the “world,” meaning those in whom faith is not enlightening, “does not recognize us.” As what? The answer is “children of God.” But John insists, “Yet that is what we are.”  Do we recognize this ourselves?...
January 2, 2026

January 2, 2026

1John 2:22-28 exhorts us not to deny the grace we have received or the truth revealed to us.  That truth is that Jesus Christ is God himself made flesh. “Whoever has seen [Jesus] has seen the Father” (John 14:9,12:45). And vice versa, “Anyone who denies the Son has no...
January 1, 2026

January 1, 2026

Solemnity of Mary, Holy Mother of God On the feast of Mary, Mother of God, which Pope Paul VI made the World Day of Peace, Saint Pope John Paul II proclaimed to the world three choices which lead to peace. Jesus taught all three to His mother as image and model of the...