Readings of the Day
RB: Ch 63:10-19
Mass: Pr 9:1-6; Resp Ps 34; Ep 5:15-20; Jn 6:51-58

Come, eat of my food, and drink of the wine I have mixed! Forsake foolishness that you may live; advance in the way of understanding.(Pr 9:5-6)

Today's words are simple and a call to action, fro

Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Readings of the Day
RB: Ch 48:10-21
Mass: 2 K 4:42-44; Resp Ps 145; Ep 4:1-6; Jn 6:1-15


Jesus took the loaves, gave thanks, and distributed them to those who were reclining, and also as much of the fish as they wanted.

Readings of the day: RB 7:44-48Mass: Ex 24:3-8; Resp Ps 116; Heb 9:11-15; Sequence (Laud, O Zion), Mk 14:12-16, 22-26

O SACRAMENT MOST HOLY, O SACRAMENT DIVINE,ALL PRAISE AND ALL THANKSGIVING BE EVERY MOMENT THINE.
This morning we break out in song with a few verses of O Sacrament Most Holy:
O Jesus, we ado

Friday of the Seventh Week of Ordinary TimeSaint Bede the Venerable (673-735)
Readings of the day: RB 6 Restraint of SpeechMass: Jm 5:9-12; Resp Ps 103; Mk 10:1-12


N.B. This reflection closed a week-long retreat for a community of Benedictine monks.
Because of the hard

Readings of the day: RB 64:1-6 The Election of an AbbessMass: Ac 9:1-20; Resp Ps 117; Jn 6:52-59


THE ONE WHO FEEDS ON ME WILL HAVE LIFE BECAUSE OF ME.
Pope Francis was in Molfetta, Italy, today, paying tribute to much-loved Fr Antonio (Tonino) Bello (Servant of God, Bishop of Molfetta, d. 1993). Recallin