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Twenty-eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C
Readings: Second Book of Kings 5:14-17; Second Letter of Paul to Timothy 2:8:13; Gospel According to Saint Luke 17:11-19 Throughout the Gospels we see clearly that our Lord has the power of healing people. Sometimes the faith of the one or more persons who want to be...
Lazy Days of Autumn
New Mexico in Her Autumn Glory
Sheep Were Shorn
Twenty-seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C
Scripture Readings: Book of the Prophet Habakkuk 1:2-3, 2:2-4; Second Letter of Saint Paul to Timothy 1:6-8, 13-14; Gospel According to Saint Luke 17:5-10 “The just man, because of his faith, shall live,” Habakkuk the prophet announces in the first reading for Mass...
An Autumn Sunset in the High Desert
Roses Are Still Blooming in Our Cloister
Our Monk in Rome
Twenty-sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C, September 25, 2016
Scripture readings: Book of the Prophet Amos 6:1, 4-7; First Letter of Saint Paul to Timothy 6:11-16; Gospel According to Saint Luke 16:19-31 “A wise man is known by the fewness of his words,” as the saying goes. Saint Benedict cites this saying in his Holy Rule, in...
Mount Athos Pilgrimage: Part VI
On Mount Athos the Julian Calendar is followed, rather than the Gregorian Calendar, which most of the world uses. What does the difference in calendars mean in practice? First a little history. The familiar Gregorian calendar was promulgated in October of 1582, by the...
Papal Audience
Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C
Scripture Readings: Book of the Prophet Amos 8:4-7; First Letter of Saint Paul to Timothy 2:1-8; Gospel According to Saint Luke 16:1-13 The characters Jesus describes in this Sunday’s parable are not proposed as models whose precise behavior we should imitate. Other...
Twenty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C
Scripture Readings: Book of Exodus 32:7-11, 13-14; First Letter to Timothy 1:12-17; Gospel According to Luke 15:1-32 The story is told of a catechism class studying the Parable the Prodigal Son. After emphasizing...
Greetings and Prayers from Our Rose-blooming Cloister Garden
Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C
Scripture Readings: Book of Wisdom 9:13-18; Letter of Saint Paul to Philemon 9-17; Gospel According to Saint Luke 14:25-33 The first words we hear from Jesus in this Sunday’s Gospel passage might almost startle us. They were spoken...
Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C
Scripture Readings: Book of Sirach 3:17-18, 20, 28-29; Letter to the Hebrews 1218-19, 22-24; Gospel According to Saint Luke 14:1, 7 – 14 All three Mass readings from the Bible this Sunday are gems of wisdom and joy for those who take them to heart and strive to put...
Craft Production
Twenty-first Sunday In Ordinary Time, Year C, August 25, 2019
Scripture Readings: Book of the Prophet Isaiah 66:18-21; Letter to the Hebrews 12:5-7, 11-13; Gospel According to Saint Luke 13:22-30 This Sunday in Ordinary Time directs our attention to God’s intention for the salvation of the human race in Jesus Christ. Expressed...
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