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Today, the Church honors the memory of a great preacher and bishop of Constantinople, the center of the Byzantine Empire in the year 400. It is the feast of St. John Chrysostom. His name in Greek means “golden mouthed.”
Who do people today say that Jesus is? A good man and teacher? A prophet in the line of Jewish prophets? A myth? Who do you say that Jesus is? Why not take some time to think and pray about this today.
As we honor all of the victims of what we have come to call 9/11, let us pray for our nation and our world. Let’s pray for the conversion that can lead to the recognition of the sanctity of all human life.
Tomorrow is the twentieth anniversary of one of the most terrible events in our nation’s history. It is the anniversary of the destruction of The World Trade Center. It is still so vivid in the hearts and minds of the people who lost loved ones in the ...
Today, the Church celebrates the feast of St.Peter Claver. He came to Columbia as a missionary and he found his mission field in a terrible place. The inner compartments of ships which brought kidnapped people from Africa to be sold as slaves.
Today, the Church celebrates the birthday of the Blessed Virgin Mary. A holy Carmelite priest named Fr. Gabriel once wrote; “After the birth of Jesus, no other birth was ever as important in God’s eyes or as precious for the good of the human race,
Tomorrow in the Church, we celebrate the birthday of a woman for whom God had a very special love and plan. It is the birthday of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
Today, as we celebrate Labor Day in the United States, we reflect on the fact that their is dignity in the work we perform. On a daily basis we can offer that all the works, joys and sufferings to Jesus in praying the morning offering.
The gospels are filled with the words of Jesus, but not many of them are in the original Aramaic which Jesus spoke. Today’s gospel has one of those Aramaic words; “Ephphatha,” which means “be open.”
Tomorrow is the anniversary of the death of Mother Teresa of Calcutta. She was always so concrete and challenging both in word and in deed. She emphasized the importance of the respect for all human life, and the beauty of the family.