Gospel Reading :John 20:1-2, 11-18 Now on the first day of the week Mary Magdalene came to the tomb early, while it was still dark, and saw that the stone had been taken away from the tomb. So she ran, and went to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one whom Jesus loved, and […]
Saint of the day : 21 July Saint Lawrence of Brindisi, Priest and Doctor of the Church Gospel Reading : Matthew 12:46-50 While he was still speaking to the people, behold, his mother and his brethren stood outside, asking to speak to him. But he replied to the man who told him, “Who is my
Saint Peter sends Saint Apollinaris to Ravenna by Filippo Pasquali (1651 – 1697) – Duomo – Ravenna Gospel Reading : John 10:11-16 I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. He who is a hireling and not a shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, sees the wolf
Gospel Reading : Matthew 13:24-43 Another parable he put before them, saying, “The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a man who sowed good seed in his field; but while men were sleeping, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat, and went away. So when the plants came up and bore grain,
Gospel Reading : Matthew 12:14-21 But the Pharisees went out and took counsel against him, how to destroy him. Jesus, aware of this, withdrew from there. And many followed him, and he healed them all, and ordered them not to make him known. This was to fulfil what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah:“Behold, my
Gospel Reading :Matthew 12:1-8 At that time Jesus went through the grain-fields on the sabbath; his disciples were hungry, and they began to pluck ears of grain and to eat. But when the Pharisees saw it, they said to him, “Look, your disciples are doing what is not lawful to do on the sabbath.”He said
Gospel Reading : Matthew 12:46-50 While he was still speaking to the people, behold, his mother and his brethren stood outside, asking to speak to him. But he replied to the man who told him, “Who is my mother, and who are my brethren?” And stretching out his hand toward his disciples, he said, “Here
Saint Bonaventure (c. 1221 – 1274), known as the “Seraphic Doctor” (Doctor Seraphicus), is one of the monumental pillars of medieval Scholastic theology. He was a contemporary and close friend of Saint Thomas Aquinas. While Thomas Aquinas approached the divine through a highly systematic, Aristotelian synthesis of faith and reason, Bonaventure approached God through a
Gospel Reading : Matthew 23:8-12 But you are not to be called rabbi, for you have one teacher, and you are all brethren. And call no man your father on earth, for you have one Father, who is in heaven.Neither be called masters, for you have one master, the Christ. He who is greatest among
Gospel Reading : Matthew 11:20-24 Then he began to upbraid the cities where most of his mighty works had been done, because they did not repent. “Woe to you, Chorazin! woe to you, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago
