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Nobody Puts God in a Corner - Blessed Is She

Nobody Puts God in a Corner

Saturday of the Seventh Week in Ordinary Time First Reading: Sirach 17:1-15 God from the earth created man, and in his own image he made him. He makes man return...
February 25, 2017
Saint Athanasius, Sirach, and the Sobbing-Face Emoji - Blessed Is She

Saint Athanasius, Sirach, and the Sobbing-Face Emoji

Friday of the Seventh Week in Ordinary Time First Reading: Sirach 6:5-17 A kind mouth multiplies friends and appeases enemies, and gracious lips prompt friendly greetings. Let your acquaintances be...
February 24, 2017
Beware of the Millstone - Blessed Is She

Beware of the Millstone

Memorial of Saint Polycarp, Bishop and Martyr First Reading: Sirach 5:1-8 Rely not on your wealth; say not: "I have the power." Rely not on your strength in following the...
February 23, 2017
Feast of Saint Peter's Chair - Blessed Is She

Feast of Saint Peter's Chair

Feast of the Chair of Saint Peter, Apostle First Reading: 1 Peter 5:1-4 Beloved: I exhort the presbyters among you, as a fellow presbyter and witness to the sufferings of...
February 22, 2017
Be, Not Do - Blessed Is She

Be, Not Do

Tuesday of the Seventh Week in Ordinary Time First Reading: Sirach 2:1-11 My son, when you come to serve the LORD, stand in justice and fear, prepare yourself for trials....
February 21, 2017
Jesus, Do You Hear Me? - Blessed Is She

Jesus, Do You Hear Me?

Monday of the Seventh Week in Ordinary Time First Reading: Sirach 1:1-10 All wisdom comes from the LORD and with him it remains forever, and is before all time The...
February 20, 2017
The Temple of God - Blessed Is She

The Temple of God

Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time First Reading: Leviticus 19:1-2, 17-18 The LORD said to Moses, "Speak to the whole Israelite community and tell them: Be holy, for I, the LORD,...
February 19, 2017
What Our Lives Say - Blessed Is She

What Our Lives Say

Saturday of the Sixth Week in Ordinary Time First Reading: Hebrews 11:1-7 Brothers and sisters: Faith is the realization of what is hoped for and evidence of things not seen....
February 18, 2017
Jesus as Our Dictionary - Blessed Is She

Jesus as Our Dictionary

Friday of the Sixth Week in Ordinary Time First Reading: Genesis 11:1-9 The whole world spoke the same language, using the same words. While the people were migrating in the...
February 17, 2017
We Are All Mothers in Some Way - Blessed Is She

We Are All Mothers in Some Way

Thursday of the Sixth Week in Ordinary Time First Reading: Genesis 9:1-13 God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them: "Be fertile and multiply and fill the earth....
February 16, 2017
Your 'Hope of Peace' - Blessed Is She

Your 'Hope of Peace'

Wednesday of the Sixth Week in Ordinary Time First Reading: Genesis 8:6-13, 20-22 At the end of forty days Noah opened the hatch he had made in the ark, and...
February 15, 2017
A Sign - Blessed Is She

A Sign

Monday of the Sixth Week in Ordinary Time First Reading: Genesis 4:1-15, 25 The man had relations with his wife Eve, and she conceived and bore Cain, saying, "I have...
February 13, 2017