Faith

When someone strikes you on right cheek, turn the other one to him as well. (Matthew 5:39) A Scripture scholar’s insight transformed this line for me. In first-century Palestine, left-handedness was seen as evil. People never used their…

Friday of the Sixth Week in Ordinary Time Readings: James 2:14-24, 26 Psalms 112:1-2, 3-4, 5-6 Mark 8:34-9:1 Optional Memorial of Saint Peter Damian Readings: 2 Timothy 4:1-5 Psalms 16:1-2, 5, 7-8, 11 John 15:1-8

Each year our family begins Lent in the kitchen. My wife rolls out three long and thick strands of salt dough that she then braids together. Next she attaches one extremity of the dough creation to the other to form a circle. Then the fun…

Thursday of the Sixth Week in Ordinary Time Readings: James 2:1-9 Psalms 34:2-3, 4-5, 6-7 Mark 8:27-33

It is not just Star Wars which works well in trilogies (depending on the trilogy, at least). Dante, not one to leave his readers waiting in purgatory, completes the Divine Comedy with an expedition through heaven. Having seen the damned…

Wednesday of the Sixth Week in Ordinary Time Readings: James 1:19-27 Psalms 15:2-3A, 3BC-4AB, 5 Mark 8:22-26

Tuesday of the Sixth Week in Ordinary Time Readings: James 1:12-18 Psalms 94:12-13A, 14-15, 18-19 Mark 8:14-21

Monday of the Sixth Week in Ordinary Time Readings: James 1:1-11 Psalms 119:67, 68, 71, 72, 75, 76 Mark 8:11-13 Optional Memorial of the Seven Founders of the Order of Servites Readings: Romans 8:26-30 Psalms 34:2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9, 10-11…

6th Sunday in Ordinary Time Readings: Sirach 15:15-20 Psalms 119:1-2, 4-5, 17-18, 33-34 1 Corinthians 2:6-10 Matthew 5:17-37 or 5:20-22A, 27-28, 33-34A, 37

Saturday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time Blessed Virgin Mary Readings: 1 Kings 12:26-32, 13:33-34 Psalms 106:6-7AB, 19-20, 21-22 Mark 8:1-10