Year II. Today, the prophet Jeremiah warns the people that their trust in the temple as God’s presence among them is of no value unless they make God present in their lives by living their religion, and the temple will be destroyed, as the Philistines once destroyed the sanctuary of Shiloh. The priests and the […]
While recuperating from a wound incurred as a soldier, Ignatius read the lives of saints because there was nothing else to read. He reflected further on the purpose of his life, made pilgrimages, and decided to serve God. The “company” he founded was to be at the disposal of the Pope to serve the most
Year II. Jeremiah looks at the work of a potter. If the potter sees his work is misshapen, he destroys it and tries anew. God’s people are clay in God’s hands. If they are not faithful, God will break them, but when they are converted, He tries again with them, and they become precious. Gospel.
Year II. Jeremiah is the first prophet to call God to account. Since he has given his life to God and his God-given mission, how come that he has to suffer so much to do God’s work? God’s answer is: Be converted. Trust in God, even in your doubt, and continue your mission. It is
On January 26, 2021, Pope Francis ordered the inscription of Saints Martha, Mary, and Lazarus into the General Roman Calendar, to replace the existing celebration of Saint Martha alone. Sts. Martha, Mary, and Lazarus are celebrated each year as an Obligatory Memorial on July 29. In its 2021 decree on combining veneration of Mary and Lazarus with Martha, the Congregation
Year II. We hear the prayer of the people – a prayer probably composed by Jeremiah himself – appealing to God in time of war and famine. It is like a penitential celebration expressing trust in the Lord and the hope of being spared. Gospel. Jesus explains the parable of the wheat and the weeds. Good and evil will
Year II. God’s love made his people as close to God as a loincloth is close to the human body. Jeremiah’s symbolic action tells the people that by embracing the idolatry of Babylonia, they have given up God’s tenderness and become like rotten fruit. Gospel. A tiny seed becomes a tree. At the beginning, when
Greeting (See Second Reading) God chose us especially long ago and destined us to become true images of his Son, so that Jesus might be the eldest of many brothers and sisters. May our brother Jesus be always with you. R/ And also with you. Introduction by the Celebrant 1. What Do We Treasure Most?
James became a disciple of Jesus together with his brother John. He was, with Peter and John, among the apostles closest to Jesus, witnessing the resurrection of Jairus’ daughter, the Lord’s transfiguration and agony. A “son of thunder” in his zeal for the kingdom, he proposed a hard line against those who did not accept
Year II. Jeremiah asks the people to repent and not to rely on false securities. They have to return to God, under the leadership of good shepherds. Gospel. When he began to tell the parable of the sower, Jesus said, “Listen.” When Matthew explains it and adapts it to his community, we are told again:
