About today Readings St. Louis IX; St. Joseph Calasanz 1 Thessalonians 2: 9-13. You have searched me and you know me, Lord – Ps 138 (139): 7-12. Matthew 23: 27-32. Today’s readings offer two conflicting images of parenting The gospel reminds us that misunderstandings can be passed on from generation to generation. There is one … Read more
About today Readings 1 Thessalonians 3: 7-13. Fill us with your love, O Lord, and we will sing for joy! – Ps 89 (90): 3-4, 12-14, 17.Matthew 24: 42-51. How do we help grow our faith communities? What keeps us in faith is often the community with which we share that faith. The people who … Read more
About today Readings St. Monika. Day of repentance 1 Thessalonians 4: 1-8. Let the righteous rejoice in the Lord – 96 (97): 1-2, 5-6, 10-12. Matthew 25: 1-13. What God wants is all of you to be holy This passage from the Bible touches on a neuralgic point for the members of the Christian churches. … Read more
About today Readings Saint Augustine 1 Thessalonians 4: 9-11. The Lord comes to rule the earth with righteousness – Ps 97 (98): 1, 7-9. Matthew 25: 14-30. The kingdom of heaven will not be quite as expected The beauty and frustration of Jesus’ use of parables is that they are ambiguous. Sometimes they feel open … Read more
About today Readings Deuteronomy 4: 1-2, 6-8. The righteous will live in the presence of the Lord – Ps 14 (15): 2-5. James 1: 17-18, 21-22, 27.Mark 7: 1-8, 14-15, 21-23. True religion is of the mind – not just a matter of outward observance Outward obeisance without conversion of heart is useless and, at … Read more
Listen to this article We start the week with Venus entering Libra on Monday. This is considered a strong place for Venus, and you may find that people’s attitude towards romance is a little less strict than it was when Venus was in Virgo. Venus in Libra It is certainly not a guarantee that you … Read more
About today Readings 1 Thessalonians 4: 13-18. The Lord comes to judge the earth – Ps 95 (96): 1, 3-5, 11-13. Luke 4: 16-30. No prophet is ever accepted in his own country Authentic prophets are not chosen by the people to fulfill a role they choose; they are called by God to serve a … Read more
About today Readings 1 Thessalonians 5: 1-6, 9-11. I believe I will see the good things of the Lord in the land of the living – Ps 26 (27) :: 1, 4, 13-14. Luke 4: 31-37. As for times and seasons, you don’t need to write anything With natural disasters and difficult economic times this … Read more
About today Readings The transfiguration of the Lord. Day of repentance Daniel 7: 9-10, 13-14. The Lord is King, Most High in all the earth – Ps 96 (97): 1-2, 5-6, 9. 2. Peter 1: 16-19. Mark 9: 2-10. This is my son, the beloved Luminosity holds our attention. The last warm glow of the … Read more
While Venus in Virgo tends to leave the house equipped for all-weather patterns, Venus’ cute-yet-windproof umbrella is no match for Neptune’s monsoon on August 9th. With more planets entering the earth sign of Virgo in the coming weeks, this irrigation may be just what we need to stay hydrated, but it’s unlikely to arrive with … Read more