"God of might, giver of every good gift, put into our hearts the love of your name, so that, by deepening our sense of reverence, you m...

 “It [the Kingdom of God] will be as when a man who was going on a journey called in his servants and entrusted his possessions to them.  To...

“Then the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom. Five of them were foolish and...

“I want you to give me at once on a platter the head of John the Baptist.” (Mark 6: 25). Thursday of the 21st week in Ordinary Time is the ...

"You can remember how we treated every one of you as a father treats his children, teaching you what was right, encouraging you and app...

"We were gentle among you, as a nursing mother cares for her children.  With such affection for you, we were determined to share with y...

"The sheep that belong to me listen to my voice, says the Lord, I know them and they follow me." (John 10: 27 Gospel Acclamation)....

"Endure your trials as “discipline”; God treats you as sons. For what “son” is there whom his father does not discipline?" (Hebrew...

"Philip found Nathanael and told him, “We have found the one about whom Moses wrote in the law, and also the prophets, Jesus son of Jos...

“Do not ask me to abandon or forsake you! For wherever you go, I will go, wherever you lodge I will lodge, your people shall be my people, a...

"The kingdom of heaven may be likened to a king who gave a wedding feast for his son." (Matthew 22: 2). Thursday of the 20th week...

"Why do you stand here idle all day?’  They answered, ‘Because no one has hired us.’ He said to them, ‘You too go into my vineyard....

"And everyone who has given up houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or lands for the sake of my name will rece...

"Jesus said to him [the rich man] “If you wish to be perfect, go, sell what you have and give to [the] poor, and you will have treasure...

"In those days, the princes said to the king: “Jeremiah ought to be put to death: he is demoralizing the soldiers who are left in thi...

“Let the children come to me, and do not prevent them; for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.” (Matthew 19: 14). Saturday of t...

272 Faith in God the Father Almighty can be put to the test by the experience of evil and suffering. God can sometimes seem to be absent and...

"It was not your sword or your bow." (Joshua 24: 12). Friday of the 19th week in Ordinary Time. The first presidential address o...

"Almighty, ever-living God, who assumed the Immaculate Virgin Mary, the Mother of your Son, body and soul into heavenly glory, grant...

"Greater love has no one than to lay down his life for his friends, says the Lord." (Cf John 15: 13). Wednesday of the 19th week...