"A leper came to Jesus [and kneeling down] begged him and said, “If you wish, you can make me clean.”  Moved with pity, he stretched ou...

"They ate and were satisfied."  (Mark 8:  8). Jesus fed 4000 people with seven loaves and a few fish. They all ate and were satis...

Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Noon Confession on.  Holy Mass will start in 13 minutes.  Msgr Steve Churchwell will be celebrant. Ex...

"They were exceedingly astonished and they said, “He has done all things well. He makes the deaf hear and the mute speak.”  (Mark 7: 37...

"Soon a woman whose daughter had an unclean spirit heard about him.  She came and fell at his feet. The woman was a Greek, a Syrophoen...

“But what comes out of a person, that is what defiles.  From within people, from their hearts, come evil thoughts, unchastity, theft, murder...

“Why do your disciples not follow the tradition of the elders but instead eat a meal with unclean hands?”  (Mark 7: 5). The Pharisees and t...

"The five wise virgins brought flasks of oil with their lamps. Then at midnight, the cry went up: Behold the Bridegroom is coming; c...

"That evening after sunset the people brought to Jesus all the sick and demon-possessed.  The whole town gathered at the door, and Jesu...

In Gibeon the Lord appeared to Solomon in a dream at night. God said: Whatever you ask I shall give you."  (1 Kings 3: 5). "Solom...

"When the days were completed for their purification according to the law of Moses, they took him up to Jerusalem to present him to the...

February 2nd , 2018 First Friday in February 2018. The 12 Promises of the Sacred Heart of Jesus:  Jesus promised 12 special favors to all t...

"When the time of David’s death drew near, he gave these instructions to Solomon his son:  “I am going the way of all the earth. Be str...

"Is he not the carpenter, the son of Mary."  (Mark 6:  3). Let us consider for a moment how the home crowd see their homeboy, Je...

“Your daughter has died; why trouble the teacher any longer?”  Disregarding the message that was reported, Jesus said to the synagogue offic...

“Go home to your family and announce to them all that the Lord in his pity has done for you.”  (Mark 5: 19). Jesus has just freed the man c...

"Then they came to Capernaum, and on the sabbath he entered the synagogue and taught.  The people were astonished at his teaching, for ...

"You have despised me and have taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your wife."  (2 Samuel 12: 10). David despised God by hi...

"Jesus said, “This is how it is with the kingdom of God; it is as if a man were to scatter seed on the land and would sleep and rise ni...

"David went to bring up the ark of God from the house of Obed-edom into the City of David amid festivities..... Then David, girt with ...