Today’s Gospel Luke 12:49-53 Jesus said to his disciples:“I have come to set the earth on fire,and how I wish it were already blazing!There is a baptism with which I must be baptized,and how great is my anguish until it is accomplished!Do you think that I have come to establish peace on the earth?No, I […]
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Saint John of Capistrano Saint John of Capistrano was born in 1386 in Capistrano, Italy, and died in 1456. A brilliant lawyer and governor, his life changed dramatically when imprisoned during a war. A vision prompted him to join the Franciscans in 1416, where he embraced poverty and rigorous discipline. Under St. Bernardine of Siena’s
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Today’s Gospel Luke 12:39-48 Jesus said to his disciples:“Be sure of this:if the master of the house had known the hourwhen the thief was coming,he would not have let his house be broken into.You also must be prepared,for at an hour you do not expect, the Son of Man will come.” Then Peter said,“Lord, is
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Saint John Paul II Saint John Paul II, born Karol Józef Wojtyła on May 18, 1920, in Wadowice, Poland, and died on April 2, 2005, in Vatican City, lived a life marked by profound faith amid adversity. Orphaned young, he endured Nazi occupation, working in a quarry while secretly studying for the priesthood. Ordained in
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Today’s Gospel Luke 12:35-38 Jesus said to his disciples:“Gird your loins and light your lampsand be like servants who await their master’s return from a wedding,ready to open immediately when he comes and knocks.Blessed are those servantswhom the master finds vigilant on his arrival.Amen, I say to you, he will gird himself,have them recline at
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St. Ursula St. Ursula, a legendary British princess from the 4th or 5th century, is venerated as a virgin martyr alongside her 11,000 companions. Tradition holds that she was betrothed to a pagan prince but sought a three-year pilgrimage to Rome with fellow Christian virgins to prepare for marriage in purity. Accompanied by her tutor,
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Today’s Gospel Luke 12:13-21 Someone in the crowd said to Jesus,“Teacher, tell my brother to share the inheritance with me.”He replied to him,“Friend, who appointed me as your judge and arbitrator?”Then he said to the crowd,“Take care to guard against all greed,for though one may be rich,one’s life does not consist of possessions.” Then he
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Saint Paul of the Cross Saint Paul of the Cross, born Paolo Francesco Danei in 1694 in Ovada, Italy, grew up in a devout family facing financial hardships. As a teenager, he had a profound spiritual awakening, rejecting worldly ambitions to dedicate himself to God. In 1720, after a vision, he founded the Congregation of
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Today’s Gospel – Luke 18:1-8 Jesus told his disciples a parableabout the necessity for them to pray always without becoming weary.He said, “There was a judge in a certain townwho neither feared God nor respected any human being.And a widow in that town used to come to him and say,‘Render a just decision for me
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Saints Isaac Jogues and John de Brébeuf Saints Isaac Jogues (1607-1646), John de Brébeuf (1593-1649), and their Jesuit companions were French missionaries sent to New France in the 1600s to evangelize Native American tribes. Despite harsh conditions, language barriers, and hostility, they immersed themselves in Huron and Iroquois cultures, learning languages and customs to share
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