Twenty-First Sunday of Ordinary Time • Year C
The Eucharist, the Real Presence of Christ, fortifies and strengthens us to keep moving forward, pointing us towards the necessary corrections we need to make in our lives when we have taken a wrong turn, when we sin. Scripture functions as the most reliable guidebook for us in keeping our commitment to dying to Christ over self.
Twentieth Sunday of Ordinary Time • Year C
In the Old Testament, a prophet (in Hebrew, nabi, which suggests “madman”), is one who speaks for another and challenges the community in its unfaithfulness. Called to challenge the community to faithfulness when it has strayed from God’s commands is not a popular message. So the desire to silence the prophet, one way or another, is clear. But the prophet must be faithful to the call no matter what, even if it brings rejection and suffering.
Thomas Michael Murnane, O.S.A.
1939 – 2022 (August 7) Thomas Michael Murnane, was born on January 30, 1939, in New York, NY, the son of Thomas P. and Susan S. (Hughes) Murnane. He had one brother. He was baptized on February 14, 1939, at Saint Jerome Catholic Church, Bronx, NY. He attended Saint Ann Parish School, Bronx, NY, (1945-1949), […]
Nineteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time • Year C
If there is any fear connected with the coming of the Son of Man it will be so for those who have lost sight of the Jesus of the Gospels who welcomed the little children, forgave the adulterous woman and healed the lame and the blind and the deaf. If, however, we have worked to develop a relationship with Jesus during our pilgrimage on earth, we will, indeed, be prepared for his coming again, which will remove all fear forever.
Eighteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time • Year C
“How much is enough? By the world’s standards there are never enough material items. For the man in the Gospel today we can see that there was never enough in material wealth. As Qoheleth says in the first reading it is all Vanity. To think we can find happiness in material things alone and in our ability to accumulate is pure vanity. What he was missing was the only thing that can fill us up: the presence of God.”
Fr. Robert Hagan, O.S.A, is Officially the New Prior Provincial
Fr. Robert P. Hagan, O.S.A., who was installed on June 13, 2022, as the new Prior Provincial of the Province of St. Thomas of Villanova!
Sixteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time • Year C
No one can blame Martha for what she chose, yet what Mary chose is different, is better. Martha bore the burden of service that day. What Martha chose is good, yet what Mary chose is better. Again, Augustine: “While what Martha does keeps one busy out of need, what Mary does keeps one sweet out of love.”
Mystery Worshippers Visit St. Augustine Church
Mystery Worshippers came to visit St. Augustine Church, and they rated everything from the stained glass to the homily. See what they had to say!
Fifteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time • Year C
There’s always the temptation to bring others to our world and our way of thinking, but the parable challenges us in a deeper way to cross the road and draw near to the lives of others, including those outside our circle. In so doing we build a new world of oneness and love.
Augustine For Today
JULY 6 – SAINT MARIA GORETTI
“I pray to you, my God, for to turn from you is to fall; to turn to you is to rise again; to remain in you is to stand firm. Come to me in your mercy.”
Soliloquies 1, 3