Vocation – To Be a Saint. The word that jumped out at me when I prayed over today’s gospel is the word “appointed.” The Lord appointed” those whom He sent ahead of Him. I prayed over the word appointed, and I heard that my vocation to the priesthood and religious life isn’t something I chose

https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/070525.cfm A new Wineskin Every Day       What do we think about the following scenario? A child shares with a friend – “My Mom and Dad are part-time. “We eat maybe three times a week, four if we are lucky, because that’s the only time we ever see each other.”    Or how about this one?

https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/070425.cfm He Sat with Them All and Didn’t Mind a Bit It is easy to categorize individuals into groups and judge them based on specific behaviors or beliefs they hold. Unfortunately, this is so common in today’s culture. There is a lot of “I’m right, and you are wrong” going around. There is no end

https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/070325.cfm Never Give up St. Thomas’s story is a source of profound comfort for us all. Even from the very beginning, we find Thomas doubting the Early Church, not in some area of discipline or procedure. He doubts the central Christian message: God raised Jesus from the dead. At various times in our lives, some

https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/070225.cfm Holy Water and The Authority of Jesus? How many times have I blessed myself with holy water, not giving it a second thought? But let us not forget that when the priest poured holy water over our heads, we were transformed into children of God. From that moment, the holiness of God’s own Son