The Gospel Reading for the Second Sunday of Lent is a familiar one: it is the Transfiguration of Jesus. Mark 9:2-10: "Jesus took Peter, James, and Johnand led them up a high mountain apart by themselves.And he was transfigured before them,and his clothes became dazzling white,such as no fuller on ea...

The Gospel Reading for the First Sunday of Lent provides us with a spiritual model for our own season of fasting and prayer: Mark 1:12-15 "The Spirit drove Jesus out into the desert,and he remained in the desert for forty days,tempted by Satan.He was among wild beasts,and the angels ministered to hi...

Today is Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent. The First Reading from today's Mass is from the Prophecy of Joel: Joel 2:12-18: "Even now, says the LORD,return to me with your whole heart,with fasting, and weeping, and mourning;Rend your hearts, not your garments,and return to the LORD, your God.For ...

On November 2nd we celebrate the Feast of All Soul's. It is the day that we as Catholics offer up the Mass and pray for the deceased who are suffering in Purgatory. In another blog of mine, I have posted about Purgatory (and will continue to do so a few more times this month). Here are 2 links to re...

It is the Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul, and the Second Reading from the Mass for today is from Paul's Second Letter to Timothy: 2 Tim 4:6-8,17-18; I, Paul, am already being poured out like a libation, and the time of my departure is at hand. I have competed well; I have finished the race; I ha...

Pope Benedict XVI has declared that the following year, from today June 28th through June 29th, 2009 to be the Year of St. Paul . St. Paul is important, not the least of which being that he was the Apostle to the Gentiles. It was as a result of his efforts that Christianity spread around the Mediter...

An excerpt from today's Gospel on the Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time speaks to us about the strength of faith and living according to Jesus' teachings: Mt 7:24-27; Everyone who listens to these words of mine and acts on them will be like a wise man who built his house on rock. The rain fell, the floo...

Today is the Feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. It is usually in June, but due to the scheduling of Lent/Easter it is earlier this year. This feast is an old Catholic devotion, having been around since the Middle Ages. Proponents state that it is based on the Gospel account of St. John the Evangeli...