Readings of the day: RB 7:35-43Mass: 1 Kings 2:1-4, 10-12; Resp. Psalm (1 Chr 29); Mark 6:7-13


From today’s readings, two texts, rich in simplicity and depth of meaning:
Be steadfast in your heart and trust in the Lord.(RB 7:37/Ps 27:14)
Grant us, Lord our God,that we may honor you

Readings of the day: RB 7:34Mass: 2 Samuel 24:2, 9-17; Resp. Psalm 32; Mark 6:1-6

Saint John Bosco Today I remember a former student, now friend and ordained

Readings of the day: RB 7:31-33Mass: 2 Samuel 18: 9-10, 14b, 24-25a, 30-19:3; Resp. Psalm 86; Mark 5:21-43


If I but touch his clothes, I will be made well.
I think about the woman who had been suffering with hemorrhages for twelve years. The NRSV paints a bleak picture: ‘S

Readings of the day: RB 7:24-30Mass: 2 Samuel 15:13-14, 30; 16:5-15; Resp. Psalm 3; Mark 5:1-20



Happy Monday! Have the waters risen to your neck?
Lord, rise up and save me.
O Lord, how many are my adversaries!Many rise up against me!Many are saying of me,“There is no salv

In other years: St Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274)
Readings of the day: RB 7:19-23Mass: Deuteronomy 18:15-20; Resp. Psalm 95; 1 Cor 7:32-35; Mark 1:21-28 St Thomas AquinasFor even if it is better to enlighten than merely to shine, soit is better to give to others the fruit of one’s contemplation than merely