Monthly Archives: October 2009

Saturday of the Thirtieth Week of Ordinary Time

Posted on October 31, 2009 by Father Pat

Today’s readings When we are deeply concerned about our own needs, our own prestige, our own honor, we often end up falling into a pit.  Because that kind of thinking is its own kind of blinder.  We can’t see past … Continue reading →

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Friday of the Thirtieth Week of Ordinary Time

Posted on October 30, 2009 by Father Pat

Today’s readings It could have been jealousy.  Or maybe they just felt threatened.  Either way, the Pharisees had lost sight of the mission. You could see how they would have been jealous: here they are working long and hard to … Continue reading →

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Ss. Simon & Jude, apostles

Posted on October 28, 2009 by Father Pat

Today’s readings Today, we celebrate two apostles who, as often is the case, are relatively unknown except that they were followers of Jesus.  Jude is called Judas in Luke and in the Acts of the Apostles.  Matthew and Mark call … Continue reading →

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Monday of the Thritieth Week of Ordinary Time

Posted on October 26, 2009 by Father Pat

Today’s readings The leader of the synagogue had it all wrong, and he of all people should have known what was right.  God always intended the Sabbath day to be a day of rest, yes, but also of healing.  We … Continue reading →

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Thirtieth Sunday of Ordinary Time

Posted on October 25, 2009 by Father Pat

Today’s readings “Master, I want to see.” As you might have guessed, today’s Gospel story isn’t about healing a blind man.  Yes, that’s what happened in the story, and it was significant, but that’s not the real essence of the … Continue reading →

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Friday of the Twenty-ninth Week of Ordinary Time

Posted on October 23, 2009 by Father Pat

Today’s readings Paul’s lament has got to be so familiar to all of us, I think.  Most of us really want to be better people, to live the right way, to give witness to Christ in our daily lives.  And … Continue reading →

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Wednesday of the Twenty-ninth Week of Ordinary Time

Posted on October 21, 2009 by Father Pat

Today’s readings All this talk of beatings aside, I think the scariest words in today’s Gospel come right at the end of the reading:  “Much will be required of the person entrusted with much, and still more will be demanded … Continue reading →

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St. Isaac Jogues, John de Brébeuf and Companions, Martyrs

Posted on October 19, 2009 by Father Pat

Today’s readings St. Isaac and St. John were among eight missionaries who worked among the Huron and Iroquois Indians in the New World in the seventeenth century. They were devoted to their work and were accomplishing many conversions. The conversions, … Continue reading →

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St. Margaret Mary Alacoque

Posted on October 16, 2009 by Father Pat

Today’s readings “I need nothing but God, and to lose myself in the heart of Jesus.” St. Margaret Mary spoke these as her dying words, while being anointed at the age of 43. Margaret was a simple woman and a … Continue reading →

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Saint Teresa of Avila, virgin and Doctor of the Church

Posted on October 15, 2009 by Father Pat

Today’s readings: Romans 8:22-27; Psalm 19:8-11; John 15:1-8 Saint Teresa was a virgin, mystic, nun, reformer of the Carmelite order, foundress of the Discalced Carmelites; over all a woman deeply devoted to her God – mentally, emotionally and spiritually.  She … Continue reading →

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