24 Jul - Thursday in the Sixteenth week in Ordinary Time St. Sharbel Makhluf, priest St. Sharbel was a Lebanese monk, born in a small mountain village and ordained in 1858. Devoted to the Blessed Virgin Mary, he spent the last twenty three years of his life as a hermit. Despite temptations to wealth and comfort, St. Sharbel taught [...]
23 Jul - Wednesday in the Sixteenth week in Ordinary Time St. Bridget of Sweden, religious founder Coming from a noble yet religious background, St. Bridget (1302-1373) was friend and counsellor to many priests and theologians of her day. As chief lady-in-waiting to Queen Blanche of Namur, she counselled and guided the Queen and King Magnus II. She was [...]
22 Jul - Tuesday in the Sixteenth week in Ordinary Time, St Mary Magdalene, disciple of the Lord ____________________ Jul 22 – St. Mary Magdalene, disciple of the Lord Mary Magdalene was one of the few apostles who stayed with Jesus while he suffered and died on the Cross. She was the first one to see the risen [...]
21 Jul - Monday in the Sixteenth week in Ordinary Time, St Lawrence Brindisi, priest, religious doctor ____________________ St Lawrence (1559-1619) joined the Capuchin Friars in 1575. He studied theology, the Bible, French, German, Greek, Spanish, Syriac, and Hebrew. He was an effective and forceful preacher in any of his several languages, founded convents and wrote catechisms. As [...]
20 July - Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time ____________________ Wisdom 12:13. 16-19 There is no god, other than you, who cares for every thing, to whom you might have to prove that you never judged unjustly; Your justice has its source in strength, your sovereignty over all makes you lenient to all. You show your strength when your [...]
19 July – Saturday in the Fifteenth Week in Ordinary Time ____________________ Micah 2:1-5 Woe to those who plot evil, who lie in bed planning mischief! No sooner is it dawn than they do it – their hands have the strength for it. Seizing the fields that they covet, they take over houses as well, owner and house [...]
18 July – Friday in the Fifteenth Week in Ordinary Time ____________________ Isaiah 38:1-8, 21-22 In those days Hezekiah fell ill and was at the point of death. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz came and said to him, ‘The Lord says this, “Put your affairs in order, for you are going to die, you will not live”.’ [...]
17 July – Wednesday in the Fifteenth Week in Ordinary Time ____________________ Isaiah 26:7-9, 12, 16-19 The path of the upright man is straight, you smooth the way of the upright. Following the path of your judgements, we hoped in you, O Lord, your name, your memory are all my soul desires. At night my soul longs for you [...]
16 July – Wednesday in the Fifteenth Week in Ordinary Time; Our Lady of Mount Carmel The Church celebrates on this day the feast of the Scapular of Mount Carmel. The scapular, which derives its name from the Latin word scapulæ, meaning shoulders, is a dress which covers the shoulders. It is best known among as the name [...]
13 July – Tuesday in the Fifteenth Week in Ordinary Time ____________________ Isaiah 7:1-9 In the reign of Ahaz son of Jotham, son of Uzziah, king of Judah, Razon the king of Aram went up against Jerusalem with Pekah son of Remaliah, king of Israel, to lay siege to it; but he was unable to capture it. The [...]
