IT’S THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF LITTLE VILLAGE. Your weekly art compendium curated by editors If you can’t find music to indulge in this weekend, maybe it is time to broaden your horizons! With everything from Nikki Lunden’s Natural Habits to the Soul & Blues Festival to Billy Idol (!), You certainly won’t be dancing with … Read more
With three planetary ingresses in as many days, this is one of those weeks where the whole cast seems to change. After a few weeks of tender mood-reading in Cancer, Mercury will enter Leo on July 27th. In ordinary circumstances, Mercury in Leo is gold-tongued and grandiloquent. However substantial (or not) the content, Mercury in … Read more
Listen to this article Since we started the week with Venus breaking away from opposition to Jupiter and all the longing that can cause, some of you may just want to curse, turn the table and start a new game – romantically speaking. Of course, we can’t exactly flip the zodiac, but at least certain … Read more
About today Readings Exodus 33: 7-11; 34: 5-9, 28. The Lord is good and merciful – Ps 102 (103): 6-13. Matthew 13: 36-43. God will take care of us, but He is not our servant Despite the friendship God offers us in Jesus, we shouldn’t forget that God is not our buddy. He is by … Read more
About today Readings Exodus 34: 29-35. Holy is the Lord our God – Ps 98 (99): 5-7, 9.Matthew 13: 44-46. The wonderful attraction of God There is something profoundly attractive about God. We also recognize something scary. But isn’t this fear an expression of the extent of our astonishment and awe of the One who … Read more
About today Readings St. Martha, Mary and Lazarus Exodus 40: 16-21, 34-38. How beautiful is your apartment, Lord Mighty God! – Ps 83 (84): 3-6, 8, 11.Matthew 13: 47-53. I am the resurrection and the life At the beginning of this year, Pope Francis agreed to the liturgical feast of St. He approved the change … Read more
About today Readings St. Peter Chrysologus. Day of repentance Leviticus 23: 1, 4-11, 15-16, 27, 34-37. Sing with joy to God our help – Ps 80 (81): 3-6, 10-11. Matthew 13: 54-58. Where did he get his wisdom from? Today’s Gospel tells of Jesus’ visit to his home village of Nazareth. It was a disappointment. … Read more
After getting caught in the crosshairs of an astrological boiling point (and let’s be real, maybe even inciting some of the drama), Venus evacuates the storm zone and enters Virgo on July 21st. No longer in the thick of a messy dilemma, Venus comes down from an adrenalized state. Venus isn’t easily pleased in Virgo, … Read more
About today Readings St. Ignatius Loyola Leviticus 25: 1, 8-17. O God, all the nations praise you! – Ps 66 (67): 2-3, 5, 7-8. Matthew 14: 1-12. So don’t act unfairly; but fear your God. I am the Lord, your God. Leviticus is always difficult to read. Still, the passage carries a simple message regarding … Read more
About today Readings Our Lady of Mount Carmel. Day of repentance Exodus 11:10 – 12:14. I take the cup of salvation and call on the name of the Lord – Ps 115 (116): 12-13, 15-18. Matthew 12: 1-8. The Son of Man is Master of the Sabbath A golden, sunlit harvestthe gentleman among his friends,Chewed … Read more