Good and Bad Fruit
Eighth Sunday Per Annum (C) March 3, 2019. No good tree bears bad fruit, nor again does a bad tree bear good fruit; for each tree is known by its own fruit (Lk.... Read more.
Divine Friendship
Our Gospel reading today is a continuation of last Sunday’s reading. You recall that in the beatitudes Our Lord invites us to tread the path that He became for... Read more.
3rd Sunday of Advent: Rejoice, the Lord is near
His mercy is for those who fear him from generation to generation (Lk 1:4). Once again on this third Sunday of Advent we encounter the figure of John the Baptist,... Read more.
19th Sunday: The Sacred Host
Whoever eats of this bread will live forever; and the bread that I will give for the life of the world is my flesh. (Jn 6:51) In our meditations on the Holy Sacrifice... Read more.
16th Sunday: Liturgy of the Word
And He had compassion for them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd; and He began to teach them many things. (Mk 6:34) We begin today our reading of... Read more.
15th Sunday: The call to repentance
So the twelve went out and proclaimed that all should repent. (Mk 6:13) The call to repentance is fundamental to the preaching of our Lord Jesus Christ as it was... Read more.
13th Sunday: The experience of suffering
For God created man for incorruption, and made him the image of his own eternity, but through the devil’s envy death entered the world, and those who belong to... Read more.
12th Sunday: Objective truth and the saving Word
Who is this that darkens counsel by words without knowledge? (Job 38:1) We do well to consider the meaning of this question, posed by God in the dialogue with Job.... Read more.
11th. Sunday: sacred liturgy
It is good to give thanks to the Lord, to sing praises to your name (Ps. 92). Our celebration of the Paschal Mystery in all its detail was completed in a sense,... Read more.
John Richmond Phillips RIP
John Richmond Phillips, the former longtime publisher and editor-in-chief of the now defunct farm journal Farm & Country has passed away. JP, as he was known,... Read more.