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Fr. Stephen Muller, OCSO The Feast of St. Benedict Prv 2:1-9, Eph 4:1-6, Lk 22:24-27 This past Monday during Vigils as I was thinking about what I might say in my upcoming homily today, I was struck by a phrase from a hymn we were in the midst of. The... read more →

Fr. Justin Sheehan, OCSO Saturday of the 14th Week in Ordinary Time No disciple is above his teacher, and even Mary, the most holy of all the disciples, is not above Jesus, who was her teacher as well as her Son. It was enough for Mary that she become like... read more →

Fr. Jerome Machar, OCSO The 14th Sunday in Ordinary Time Ezekiel 2: 2-5, 2 Corinthians 12: 7-10, Mark 6: 1-6 “As the Lord spoke to me the spirit entered into me and set me on my feet” (Ez. 2:2). Ezekiel was not a stranger to the people to whom he... read more →

Fr. Justin Sheehan, OCSO Friday of the 13th Week in Ordinary Time Today’s scripture readings present us with two related images of what people could do and be, and they stand in stark contrast with what the secular world expects people to do and to be. In the first reading,... read more →

SOLEMNITY OF SS. PETER & PAUL Fr. John Denburger, OCSO Acts 12: 1 - 11; 2 Timothy 4: 6 - 8, 17 - 18; Matthew 16: 13 -- 19 Quoting somewhat the prophet Zechariah, St. John in Revelation writes of “the two olive trees and the two lampstands which stand... read more →

Fr. Jerome Machar, OCSO Friday of the 12th Week in Ordinary Time Genesis 17: 1, 9-10, 15-22, Matthew 8: 1-4 In today’s first reading, we heard an account of God making a promise to Abram (Exalted Father) and then changing his name to Abraham (Father of a Multitude) in accord... read more →

Fr. Justin Sheehan, OCSO June 15 - The 11th Tuesday in Ordinary Time In his famous unreadable novel Finnegans Wake, James Joyce is said to have written that “the Catholic Church is Here Comes Everybody”. If so, she takes after her Founder, who was rich because he was God, but... read more →

Fr. Justin Sheehan, OCSO The Most Sacred Heart of Jesus (Year B) The Heart of Jesus is perhaps the richest symbol we have of the interior life of Jesus, a life of love. We call it “Sacred” because it is of the nature of Jesus to be God, who is... read more →

The Immaculate Heart of Mary Isaiah 69: 9 - 11; Ps: 1 Samuel 2; Luke 2: 41 - 51 Fr. John Denburger, OCSO As the Sacred Heart is the symbol of Jesus’ interior life, so the Immaculate Heart is the symbol of Our Lady’s interior life. Someone has written that... read more →