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Today we see this beautiful miracle of Jesus, raising the little girl back from the dead, and this miracle points us to what he will do for all of us one day: raise us
up from the dead. As Our Lord enters this room – the parents having brought
him there – Jesus says, ‘she is not dead, but asleep.’ And it tells us that the crowd who had followed, ‘ridiculed him.’ In another translation it says ‘they laughed
Today we celebrate the Purification of the Blessed Virgin, also called Candlemass. At the time of Our Lord, a mother who had given birth was to go to the temple for the Purification ceremony 40 days after childbirth, and so this feast brings us to 40 days after Christmas. This is also called Candlemass, because we bless candles and have our procession ….. more
Friends in Christ, today Our Lord gives us the parable of the sower. He says that some of the seed sown by the sower falls on the path, and the birds eat it. Some on rocky ground; it grows without roots, the sun makes it wither. Some falls among thorns, and is choked. And some falls on fertile ground, producing fruit. When we hear Our Lord’s parable, we see that it is very true to life ….. more
We see in the gospel today, that Our Lord encounters this man with leprosy. In those days, leprosy was a horrible disease, the worst. E. G. Masterman writes: ‘No other disease reduces a human being to so hideous a wreck,’ as leprosy. It might begin with little nodules which go on to ulcerate; the eyebrows fall out; the eyes become staring ….. more
Well, today is the Feast of the Conversion of St. Paul – St. Paul, who once tried to tear apart the Church. His conversion to Jesus Christ, changed the world. On this Feast Day, let us hear a bit of what St. John Chrysostom has to say …. more
Jesus is with Us! Good morning children of St. John Vianney! Today, in the gospel we see that Jesus chooses his 12 disciples. It says that he did it for three reasons. 1. that they would go forth and preach – that means teaching the people 2. that they would cast out demons. 3. and the third reason he chose these apostles, is so that they could be with him. Today we wish to talk about this last reason: that they could be with him …. more
St. Vincent was a Deacon, one of the Church’s 3 most famous deacons. His bishop, in Saragossa, Spain, had some kind of a speech impediment, and so he commissioned his Deacon Vincent to do the preaching for him in the diocese. His preaching was strong and fearless, and this angered …. more
In the Gospel today, Our Lord seems to be weary – so many people, so many sick and lame, and he is healing them and they are traveling from town to town – it said that the whole town was at his door; but Our Lord needs to find some peace, to rest in his heavenly Father, to be refreshed; therefore we read: ‘He left and went off to a deserted place, where he prayed….. More
Today is the feast of St. Hilary of Poitiers, France. He was born near the end of the 4th century, and he was a married layman who had a daughter named Apia; he was chosen to be a bishop. Yes, there were still sometimes married priests then, but those priests gave up all marital relations with their wives. Hilary lived … More
