01 May – Memorial for St. Joseph the Worker Talk or action In My Fair Lady, Eliza Doolittle is fed up with Freddy’s letters, and his daily protestations of his love for her. His letters arrived every day, and his whole conversation was about how much he loved her. In the total frustration, she sings [...]
30 Apr – Memorial for Pius V, pope, religious Antonio Ghislieri (1504-1572) was born to impoverished Italian nobility, the son of Paolo Ghislieri and Domenica Augeria. He worked as a shepherd as a boy, and received an excellent education in piety and holiness, including a scholastic education from a Dominican friar. He joined the Order [...]
29 Apr – Good Shepherd Sunday The Lamb Will Be Our Shepherd We offer in sacrifice the Lamb that takes away the sins of the world. He who was slain is now our Shepherd. He will lead to springs of living water all who do not reject him. – the Sunday Missal ____________________ Getting our [...]
28 Apr – Memorial for St. Peter Chanel St. Peter Chanel (1803-1841) was born to a peasant family and was a shepherd as a boy. He was an excellent student and was ordained at 24. He was assigned to Crozet, a parish in decline; he turned it around, in part because of his ministry to [...]
27 Apr Doing or knowing the truth There is a story told about a guy called Hubert Courtney, who was arrested for car theft. He was a real con artist and was always ready to pull a stunt to get himself out of a jam. To help his protestations of innocence, he stripped off his [...]
26 Apr We can make a difference One day as he began his daily prayer, a holy hermit saw passing by, a cripple, a mother begging for food for her pathetically malnourished child, and the victim of what must have been a very severe beating. Seeing them, the holy man turned to God and said, [...]
25 Apr – Feast of St. Mark St. Mark is believed to be the young man who ran away when Jesus was arrested (Mark 14:51-52), and the “John whose other name was Mark” (Acts 12:25). He was a disciple of St. Peter who travelled with him to Rome, and was referred to as “my son [...]
24 Apr – Memorial for St. Fidelis Sigmaringen, priest St. Fidelis Sigmaringen (1577-1622) was a lawyer and teacher of philosophy. Disgusted by the greed, corruption, and lack of interest in justice by his fellow lawyers, Mark Rey abandoned the law, became a priest and a Franciscan friar with his brother George. He changed his name [...]
23 Apr – Memorial for St. George, martyr St. George (d. 304) was a soldier who was martyred for his faith. That’s all we know for sure. Several stories have been attached to St. George, the best known of which is the “Golden Legend”. In it, a dragon lived in a lake near Silena, Libya. [...]
22 Apr – Third Sunday of Easter It Is The Lord In this eucharist we proclaim that Christ is the Lord, the Lamb that was sacrificed and who is worthy to be given power, riches, wisdom, strength, honour, glory and blessing. The apostles accepted every kind of humiliation rather than give up proclaiming his name. [...]
