
The wise are humble. Humility is the foundation of prayer. The prayer of the beggar. Read more »
A Lectionary-based resource for homilists and the lay faithful
The wise are humble. Humility is the foundation of prayer. The prayer of the beggar. Read more »
God will help us overcome our evildoing through his fatherly discipline. A child of God is to become a strong doer of good through moral discipline. An important moral discipline is ascesis or mastery of the soul over the body. Read more »
People often reject those who serve God. The family and an examination of conscience for family life. Read more »
God will do what he has promised. The theological virtue of faith. Recognizing God in the ordinary Read more »
Our true wealth is God, not a life of greed. Good uses of wealth. Examining our economic activity. Read more »
Wrestling with God in prayer. Prayer and filial trust. Transformation in Christ. Read more »
Christ wants to dwell in us to transform us into perfect images of himself through our living active-contemplative lives. Read more »
Living the Precepts of the Church well. Read more »
Prayers of petition: God will give us what we ask for. How to ask. Read more »
Put God first and then live and discern your vocation. Read more »
Christ is the eternal high priest who offers us what he offered to the Father, himself. The Eucharist and Eucharistic adoration Read more »
Central idea: Be good. Doctrine: Forming conscience and decision-making. Practical application: Form and obey your conscience. Read more »
Central idea: Christ’s new law for the new person. Doctrine: Christ as the New Adam. Practical application: Living as New Adams and Eves ourselves. To view Lectionary 81, click here. Reading 1 1 Sm 26:2, 7-9, 12-13, 22-23 In those days, Saul went down to the desert of Ziphwith three thousand picked […] Read more »
Central idea: True poverty and riches. Doctrine: Poverty of heart and Christ’s grief over the rich. Practical application: Growing in detachment. Read more »
The readings are on the virtue of charity and on the call of the prophet Isaiah and of the apostle Peter. Below are links to two outlines. The fear proper to a child of God. The virtue of awe and the vice of presumption. Read more »