Catholic Saints

Old Testament readings take priority in Lent. Most of the First Readings on weekdays are from the Hebrew Scriptures; the First Reading each Sunday is chosen to recall the story of salvation.

Hosea 6:1–6; Psalm 51:3–4, 18–19, 20–21ab; Luke 18:9–14> Picture the simple Dominican brother Martin de Porres moving humbly among the sick and poor of Lima, Peru, in the seventeenth century. His work was long and arduous as he cared for ...

No list of lenten saints would be complete without Mother Teresa of Calcutta. I was fortunate enough to see her in person in June 1981.

Luke's Gospel gives one of many episodes in the story of Jesus where he drives out a devil and brings relief to a person who has been possessed.

2 Kings 5:1–15a; Psalm 42:2–3; 43:3–4; Luke 4:24–30 Leprosy is a disease that gets a lot of attention in the Bible. Jesus, who himself healed lepers, cites the story of the cure of the Syrian leper, Naaman, in today’s Gospel, ...

The story of the Prodigal Son in Luke’s Gospel personifies the mercy of God.