
St. Francis of Assisi Baruch offers a beautiful prayer of repentance to the Lord during the Babylonian exile. He is brutally honest about the situation of... Read more
This day I set before you life and death, choose life! This is a choice set before each of us every day. As the opening prayer of today’s Mass... Read more
Therese was the youngest of nine children and one of five daughters who lived to adulthood. She was born January 2, 1873 and died September 30, 1897, at the age... Read more
Zech 8: 1-8; PS 102: 16-21, 22-23, 29; LK 9: 46-50 Though freed from captivity in Babylon, the... Read more
A profound day in the Church’s year, and a profound day in the life of Christ. Clearly Jesus was moved and saddened by John’s death. His cousin is... Read more
I’ve been finding for a while that at the root of so many of my prayers is an attempt to “offer it up.” Give it to God; Lay it at the foot of the... Read more
586 BC was a terrible year for the Jewish nation. The Assyrian empire under Nebuchadnezzar destroyed the city of Jerusalem, leveled the temple built by... Read more