Jul 31, 2024
O patron of moral theologians
and servant of the poor,
how blessed was your loving wisdom,
your understanding of God
and His love for us,
made perfectly known
in His only Son
whom you loved so much
with His Mother and the Church,
and whom you call us all to love
through your blessed words –
pray the redeeming love
Jul 31, 2024
(Jer.18:1-6; Ps.146:1-6; Mt.13:47-53)
“Like clay in the hand of the potter,
so are you in my hand, O house of Israel.”
“I went down to the potter’s house and there he was, working at the wheel.” According to the Lord’s words Jeremiah goes, and a marvelous sign is provided him. For there in the hands...
Jul 30, 2024
O strong and holy apostle,
soldier for the Lord Jesus
and defender of His Church,
you gathered together an army
to labor in mission fields,
to educate the masses,
to serve and die as loyal sons
of the Christ and His Pope –
teach us this day
to follow in the way of Jesus,
to meditate on His life
and be fruitful in His...
Jul 30, 2024
(Jer.15:10,16-21; Ps.59:2-4,10-11,17-18; Mt.13:44-46)
“If you repent, so that I restore you,
in my presence you shall stand.”
The Lord called Jeremiah even from before he was formed in his mother’s womb, but it seems he falls short of fulfilling that call, for the Lord says to His prophet today, “If you bring...
Jul 29, 2024
O you of golden words,
of angelic tongue,
of sermons refined
seven times
by the Spirit of God…
O how you made present on earth
the invisible Creator
even as He was made for us
in the womb of the Virgin,
so tangible had His grace become
through the preaching the Lord inspired
in your soul –
pray we shall indeed be...