August 10, 2025
19th Sunday in Ordinary Time “Do not be afraid any longer, little flock, for your Father is pleased to give you the kingdom. Sell your belongings and give alms…for where your treasure is there your heart will be.” This message just about says it all. It calls us to offer our lives to the service […]
August 9, 2025
“You shall love the Lord your God, with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength.” We are all very much aware of this First Commandment, and as children of God, we strive to abide by this throughout our lifetime. If we truly obey this commandment, wouldn’t it seem impossible […]
August 8, 2025
Memorial of Saint Dominic, Priest God has a voice, even in the silence; we listen quietly in communion with the Real Presence. In adoration, you may experience the voice of God speaking from fire. In prayer before the Blessed Sacrament, our hearts are graced with forgiveness and offered peace. Such times can be an invitation […]
August 7, 2025
Memorial of Saints Sixtus II, Pope, and his Companions, Martyrs I can relate to the Israelites in our first reading today. They are rebelling against the Lord because they need water. They miss having the grains, figs, vines, and pomegranates that they enjoyed during their time of slavery in Egypt. After all they had seen […]
August 6, 2025
Feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord Then from the cloud came a voice that said, “This is my chosen Son; listen to him.” The disciples had heard the same voice, the same message, at Jesus’ baptism. Why did it sound so different today? Why were they so amazed at what happened? Obviously, the presence […]
August 5, 2025
The dramatic jealousy that leads the couple Miriam and Aaron to work against Moses ultimately results in Miriam’s “leprosy.” The nastiness of jealousy, as the Hebrew scholars demonstrate, turns us into an animal, one that ravages rather than redeems. Moses asks God for help, being a righteous person. The story continues. Jesus makes us get […]
August 4, 2025
Memorial of Saint John Vianney, Priest Today is the Memorial of Saint John Vianney, a dear friend of Saint Peter Julian Eymard. In his lifetime, he encouraged Peter Julian in his eucharistic work and even acknowledged him as a “great saint.” “A faithful friend is a sturdy shelter; he that has found one has found […]
August 3, 2025
18th Sunday in Ordinary Time Yesterday, we celebrated the feast of Saint Peter Julian Eymard. In the first reading from Ecclesiastes, we read: Vanity of vanities, says Qoheleth, vanity of vanities! All things are vanity! When I discovered that the Hebrew translation of this word (vanity) is futility in the Jewish Study Bible, Saint Peter […]
August 2, 2025
Solemnity of Saint Peter Julian Eymard, priest (for the Eymardian Family) “The community of believers was of one heart and mind…” (Acts 4:32) in the “Project of Life” of the Aggregation of the Blessed Sacrament: “Animated by the spirit of Saint Peter Julian Eymard, we form the Aggregation of the Blessed Sacrament, an Association of […]
August 1, 2025
Anniversary of the Death of Saint Peter Julian Eymard (1868) In my basement, I have a poster titled “The Dash.” The dash is the short line that appears in an obituary notice between the date of a person’s birth and the date of that person’s death. The dash represents the time during which that person […]