Gospel Reading :Luke 9:57-62 As they were going along the road, a man said to him, “I will follow you wherever you go.” And Jesus said to him, “Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man has nowhere to lay his head.” To another he said, “Follow me.” […]
Feast Day : 7 August Pope Saint Sixtus II was the 24th Pope of the Catholic Church, reigning for less than a year (August 31 257 to 6 August 258 AD). His short papacy was defined by remarkable peacemaking within the Church and, ultimately, a dramatic martyrdom alongside his deacons under the Roman Emperor Valerian.
First Reading : Wisdom 3:1-9 But the souls of the righteous are in the hand of God,and no torment will ever touch them. In the eyes of the foolish they seemed to have died,and their departure was thought to be an affliction, and their going from us to be their destruction;but they are at peace.
Gospel Reading : Matthew 17:1-9 And after six days Jesus took with him Peter and James and John his brother, and led them up a high mountain apart. And he was transfigured before them, and his face shone like the sun, and his garments became white as light. And behold, there appeared to them Moses
Memorial of the Dedication of the Basilica of Saint Mary Major in Rome The Miracle of the Snow (August 5, 352 AD) On the night of August 4–5, 352 AD, a wealthy Roman patrician named John and his wife (who had no heirs) prayed to Mary to direct how to spend their fortune. That same
The sign of the cross is the most terrible weapon against the devil. Thus the Church wishes not only that we have it continually in front of our minds to recall to us just what our souls are worth and what they cost Jesus Christ, but also that we should make it at every juncture
Gospel Reading : Matthew 14:22-36 Then he made the disciples get into the boat and go before him to the other side, while he dismissed the crowds. And after he had dismissed the crowds, he went up into the hills by himself to pray. When evening came, he was there alone, but the boat by
Gospel Reading : Matthew 14:13-21 Now when Jesus heard this, he withdrew from there in a boat to a lonely place apart. But when the crowds heard it, they followed him on foot from the towns. As he went ashore he saw a great throng; and he had compassion on them, and healed their sick.
“Let us make up for lost time; let us give to God all the time that remains to us, and let us not wait till the moment of death to begin to love Him”. – St Alphonsus Liguori Gospel Reading : Matthew 5:13-19 “You are the salt of the earth; but if salt has lost
Saint of the Day : 31 July Saint Ignatius of Loyola (c. October 23, 1491 – July 31, 1556) was a Basque soldier, Catholic theologian, and mystic who co-founded the Society of Jesus (the Jesuits). A central figure in the Catholic Reformation, his transformation from a vain courtier to a spiritual master shaped modern Christian
