by Faith Central & Steve Welsh
“Scholastica, first Benedictine nun, lived between 480 and 543. A native of Nursia, she was a very docile disciple of her brother, St. Benedict, with whom she vied for perfection of holiness, in learning the wisdom of the heart: so much so that she is said to have bested even her brother in charity. In his Dialogues, the only reference
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Catholic TV Mass for the Memorial of Saint Scholastica, Saturday, Feb. 10, 2018, from Loretto Abbey in the Archdiocese of Toronto. [Click here for Mass Readings] [featured image adapted from image at Creative Commons Wikimedia Commons Pjposullivan, commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Loretto_Abbey_chapel_interior,_Toronto.JPG, with additional conditions stated at that link and in the alt-tag here]
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“… taking the seven loaves He gave thanks, broke them, and gave them to His Disciples to distribute, and they distributed them to the crowd. They also had a few fish. He said the blessing over them and ordered them distributed also. They ate and were satisfied. They picked up the fragments left over–seven baskets. There were about four thousand
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Catholic TV Mass for Friday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time, Feb. 9, 2018, from Catholic TV in the Archdiocese of Boston. [Click here for Mass Readings] [featured image is file photo]
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“… the word ‘Lent’ does not pertain to darkness or despair. … The original meaning … has to do with springtime. … Lent … represents a new springtime in our spiritual lives. … when the darkness of sin is to give way to new Light of Grace. … Lenten practices … are harbingers of hope for a more Christ-centered way
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Catholic TV Mass for Friday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time, Feb. 9, 2018, from Loretto Abbey in the Archdiocese of Toronto. [Click here for Mass Readings] [featured image adapted from image at Creative Commons Wikimedia Commons Pjposullivan, commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Loretto_Abbey_chapel_interior,_Toronto.JPG, with additional conditions stated at that link and in the alt-tag here]
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“… [Jesus] looked up to Heaven and groaned, and said … ‘Ephphatha!’ (that is, “Be opened!”) … immediately the man’s ears were opened, his speech impediment was removed, and he spoke plainly. …”
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“In a new letter, the Pope Emeritus speaks of his declining strength but says he is surrounded by ‘love and goodness’ …”
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Catholic TV Mass for Wednesday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time, Feb. 7, 2018, from Catholic TV in the Archdiocese of Boston. [Click here for Mass Readings] [featured image is file photo]
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In the Gospel of Mark, at 7:20 et seq., Jesus reminds us of some of the evils that we must avoid, reject and overcome: “[Jesus] said to [His Disciples], ‘… Do you not realize that everything that goes into a person from outside cannot defile, since it enters not the heart but the stomach and passes out into the latrine?”
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