Opening Address Today the Church keeps St. Joseph Calasanctius, a priest who spent fifty years running schools for children whose families could not pay, and the Gospel appointed for his Mass answers a question about rank by telling the men who asked it to become as little children. The disciples come to Jesus and ask […]
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Aug
Aug
Opening Address Today the Church keeps St. Louis IX, King of France, and the Gospel appointed for his Mass is the one about the ten servants and the ten gold pieces. I want to say at the start what this parable is not, because it has been preached badly for a very long time. It […]
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Jul
Jul
Opening Address Possess your souls — that’s the strange promise Christ gives His disciples right after warning them they’ll be betrayed by their own families, and it’s worth sitting with before anything else is said this morning. Beloved, grace and peace to you: however you arrive here, tired or hopeful, certain or doubting, welcomed elsewhere […]