June 14, 2025

June 14, 2025

Saturday of the Tenth Week of Ordinary Time  This Is My Word, Spoken From Your Heart  There is something about us that doesn’t attach much value to our words or to the words of others. We feel that a human word as such is not very convincing; that a word of promise,...
June 14, 2025

June 13, 2025

Friday of the Tenth Week of Ordinary Time  Memorial of St Anthony of Padua, Priest and Doctor of the Church  Finding God’s Voice  To understand Jesus when he is challenging, as in Matthew 5:27-32, we have to see how he faced his own challenge in the garden of...
June 14, 2025

June 12, 2025

Thursday of the Tenth Week of Ordinary Time Reach Out Before Judging   Christ won his victory on the cross. But it is slow to appear. When we read the New Law Jesus is giving in Matthew 5:20-26, we should not assume we or others in the Church have accepted it.  People...
June 14, 2025

June 11, 2025

Wednesday of the Tenth Week of Ordinary Time Memorial of St Barnabas, Apostle  Be the Voice of God  In Matthew 5:17-19 Jesus says, “whoever keeps these commandments and teaches them will be called greatest in the kingdom of heaven.” Law-abiding Catholics are...
June 14, 2025

June 10, 2025

June 10, 2025: Tuesday of the Tenth Week of Ordinary Time  Surrender: They Will be Done  In Matthew 5:13-16 Jesus tells us why surrender to him is always love for neighbor. Everything God gives us, he gives us to share. We are made in the image of the Trinity, whose...
June 9, 2025

June 9, 2025

Monday of the Tenth Week of Ordinary Time Memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church Everyone’s Prayer: The Hail Mary The “Hail Mary” is probably the prayer Catholics recite most often, although it is not an “official” prayer of the Church. (Every...