Our Lady of Loreto
Today is the feast of Our Lady of Loreto. The Holy House of the Blessed Virgin is located in Loreto, Italy, and it is said to be the home in which Mary was born and where the Angel Gabriel appeared to her. Mary’s home had long ben revered in her hometown of Nazareth, and the […]
Daily Gospel – MT 11:28-30
Jesus said to the crowds: “Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am meek and humble of heart; and you will find rest for yourselves. For my yoke is easy, and my burden light.”
Matthew 11:28-30
Jesus said, “Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am meek and humble of heart; and you will find rest for your selves. For my yoke is easy, and my burden light.” This is one […]
Matthew 11:28-30
Jesus said, “Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am meek and humble of heart; and you will find rest for your selves. For my yoke is easy, and my burden light.” This is one […]
Juan Diego and Mexico’s Catholics
On this day in 1531, Our Lady of Guadalupe appeared to an Indian named Juan Diego (whose feast is today). At the time of Mary’s appearance, Catholicism was relatively new in Mexico. It is thought that the first Catholic Mass on Mexican soil had occurred less than 15 years earlier. The Catholic Encyclopedia notes that […]
Daily Gospel – MT 18:12-14
Jesus said to his disciples: “What is your opinion? If a man has a hundred sheep and one of them goes astray, will he not leave the ninety-nine in the hills and go in search of the stray? And if he finds it, amen, I say to you, he rejoices more over it than over […]
Matthew 18:12-14
Jesus said to his disciples, “If a man has a hundred sheep and one of them goes astray, will he not leave the 99 in the hills and go in search of the stray? And if he finds it…he rejoices more over it than over the 99 that did not stray. In just the same […]
Matthew 18:12-14
Jesus said to his disciples, “If a man has a hundred sheep and one of them goes astray, will he not leave the 99 in the hills and go in search of the stray? And if he finds it…he rejoices more over it than over the 99 that did not stray. In just the same […]
Luke 1:26-38
In the sixth month, the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a town in Galilee called Nazareth, to a virgin betrothed to a man named Joseph, of the house of David, and the virgin’s name was Mary. Do I think Mary, just before the Annunciation, had a sense that she was specially blessed by […]
Today is the feast of the Immaculate Conception
‘Every Christmas is different. The feast is the same, and so are the Christmas carols and the other customs. But all of this comes into lives that have not stood still since last Christmas. Some have experienced the death of someone very close, and this will be the first Christmas without that person. Some have […]