Jan 31, 2026
(Jer.1:4-5,17-19; Ps.71:1-6,15,17; 1Cor.12:31-13:13; Lk.4:21-30)
“I am with you to deliver you, says the Lord.”
When God calls Jeremiah to prophesy “against Judah’s kings and princes, against its priests and people,” He tells him to “gird [his] loins” and commands: “Be not crushed on their...
Jan 30, 2026
O teacher and father
of the children in your care,
in whose hands
they were not abandoned
but held in patience
by Christ’s love –
teach us, too,
to have that same patience,
to have that same love
for those the Lord places
in our care,
that anger shall be banished
from our hearts and our minds,
that the wisdom of...
Jan 30, 2026
(2Sm.12:1-7,10-17; Ps.51:12-17; Mk.4:35-41)
“I have sinned against the Lord.”
David is the man who “took the poor man’s ewe lamb and made a meal of it for his visitor.” To feed his lust he has feasted on another man’s wife. And he sees the injustice of this; he recognizes his guilt when his sin is...
Jan 29, 2026
(2Sm.11:1-10,13-17; Ps.51:3-7,10-11; Mk.4:26-34)
“The seed sprouts and grows without his knowing how it happens.”
Jesus in our gospel tells us of the kingdom of God and of its gradual growth without our knowing. Seed is scattered, the Word is sown in our souls, and as we “[go] to bed and [get] up day after...
Jan 28, 2026
(2Sm.7:18-19,24-29; Ps.132:1-2,3-5,11-14,Lk.1:32; Mk.4:21-25)
“If your sons keep my covenant and the decrees which I shall teach them,
their sons, too, forever shall sit upon your throne.”
Yes, “the Lord has chosen Zion; He prefers her for His dwelling.” His blessings are upon His Church and its people, for...