Twenty-Fifth Sunday of Ordinary Time – Year C

The parables are always about the practical implications of faith.

The theme of justice seems pretty obvious in today’s Liturgy of the Word. Justice is the rendering of what is due to, or merited by someone. It includes ideas like fairness, equity and impartiality. It doesn’t allow for favoritism, which always divides and hurts some people.

Augustine For Today

SEPTEMBER 20 – SAINT ANDREW KIM TAE-GON & COMPANIONS

“Be like God, through piety, and love him in your thoughts! And since you know that his invisible attributes are seen and understood through created things, observe and admire creatures while seeking their creator. If you are unlike him, you will be reject; if you are like him, you will rejoice.”

            On Psalm 99, 6

This Day in Province History: September 20, 1942

This date marked the opening of the 100th anniversary celebrations of the founding of Villanova College, including a Solemn Pontifical Mass offered by Cardinal Denis Dougherty with 8 bishops and several hundred priests, religious sisters and 2,000 faithful in attendance.