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When we say that Mary loves us we are speaking about her determination to do what is good for us, to lead us where Jesus wants us to go. Holy Mary, mother of God, keep loving us!
God’s will for humans—and for all creation—is to exercise an agency of co-creation: to bring about on earth a greater fullness.
Begin today thinking of the words of Mother Teresa, “Do not let the past disturb you, just leave everything in the Sacred Heart and begin again in joy.”
John is one of the few saints who have two feast days. Today we celebrate the Nativity of Saint John the Baptist, which Saint Luke narrates in his Gospel. There Luke draws a parallel between the births of Jesus and John, pointing out the important role in the history of salvation that John the Baptist would play.
The Solemnity of the Sacred Heart is about God’s love for his people–a strange sort of love. For him the one who needs the most attention is the one who gets the most attention. It’s a matter of loving, and God’s love isn’t governed by logic.
Saint John Fisher’s name is usually associated with Saint Thomas More and their difficulty with King Henry VIII. A bishop and cardinal, John Fisher refused to agree with Henry’s divorce and remarriage, as well as the idea that the king, rather than the pope, was the head of the Church in England. He was imprisoned and eventually martyred.
We are not born in the unique circumstances of John the Baptist, yet each of us is special to God–each has a special calling from God. How am I special?
As children, we were taught to “say our prayers.” But as adults, does our prayer life consist of only memorized words? Or is it truly a conversation with God?
Journey is a theme in this week’s Gospel. Father Greg Friedman, OFM, says that theme offers us a chance to explore what being a disciple means.
Made famous by his own holy life and featured in the movie “A Man for All Seasons,” Saint Thomas More is the patron of those in the legal profession. Husband, father, chancellor, and lawyer, Thomas More was reluctantly martyred by King Henry VIII in 1535.
