Tuesday, Last Week of the Christmas Season
Jesus began to teach the crowd many things… By now it was already late and his disciples approached him and said, “This is a deserted place and it is already very late. Dismiss them so that they can go to the surrounding farms and villages and buy themselves something to eat.” He said to them […]
Danny Thomas
One hundred years ago today, comedian Danny Thomas was born Amos Jacob to Lebanese parents in Deerfield, Michigan (about an hour southwest of Detroit). At age 26, married, facing the birth of his first child, and struggling to support his family as he tried to make it in show business, Thomas considered giving up his […]
Monday, Last week of the Christmas Season
(The Gospels this week begin to describe the public ministry of Jesus.) When Jesus heard that John had been arrested, he withdrew to Galilee…From that time on, Jesus began to preach and say, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.” He went around all of Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, proclaiming the Gospel […]
‘Adeste Fidelis’
Although attributed to St. Bonaventure by some folks, the popular Christmas hymn. “Adesete Fidelis” (“O Come, All Ye Faithful”), is now believed to have been written by Catholic layman who lived in England. John Francis Wade (c. 1711-1786) was a musician who made his living copying the teaching music. At age 32, he composed the […]
‘Adeste Fidelis’
Although attributed to St. Bonaventure by some folks, the popular Christmas hymn. “Adesete Fidelis” (“O Come, All Ye Faithful”), is now believed to have been written by Catholic layman who lived in England. John Francis Wade (c. 1711-1786) was a musician who made his living copying the teaching music. At age 32, he composed the […]
Daily Gospel ~ December 31, 2014 John 1:1-18
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things came to be through him, and without him nothing came to be. What came to be through him was life, and this life was the light of the human […]
Daily Gospel ~ December 30, 2014 Luke 2:36-40
Luke 2:36-40 There was a prophetess, Anna, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher. She was advanced in years, having lived seven years with her husband after her marriage, and then as a widow until she was eighty-four. She never left the temple, but worshiped night and day with fasting and prayer. And […]
The Gospel ~ December 29, 2014 Luke 2:22-35
When the days were completed for their purification according to the law of Moses, the parents of Jesus took him up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord, just as it is written in the law of the Lord, Every male that opens the womb shall be consecrated to the Lord, and to offer […]
Daily Gospel – MT 1:1-17
The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham. Abraham became the father of Isaac, Isaac the father of Jacob, Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers. Judah became the father of Perez and Zerah, whose mother was Tamar. Perez became the father of Hezron, Hezron the […]
Daily Gospel – MT 21:28-32
Jesus said to the chief priests and the elders of the people: “What is your opinion? A man had two sons. He came to the first and said, ‘Son, go out and work in the vineyard today.’ The son said in reply, ‘I will not,’ but afterwards he changed his mind and went. The man […]