by Faith Central & Steve Welsh
“Jesus said … ‘… At the judgment the men of Nineveh will arise with this generation and condemn it, because at the preaching of Jonah they repented, and there is something greater than Jonah here.'”
“THE LIFE OF THE HOLY MOTHER TERESA OF JESUS … INTRODUCTION … CHAPTER I. — Describes how the Lord began to awaken her soul in childhood to a love of virtue and what a help it is in this respect to have good parents … “
Catholic televised Mass Readings and Homily for the Memorial of Saint Teresa of Jesus, Monday, Oct. 15, 2018, from EWTN in Alabama. [Click here for Mass Readings]
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“… The Wisdom of God is not precepts, but a person—Jesus Christ. Jesus is the Wisdom whose Spirit was granted to Solomon in today’s First Reading. Jesus is the Word of God spoken of in today’s Epistle. And Jesus, as He reveals Himself to the rich man today, is God. …”
“The Sunday Gospel invites us to wrestle with these fundamental, essential, focal questions: ‘What does Heaven cost?’ and ‘Am I willing to pay it?’ …”
Catholic televised Mass for Twenty-Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Oct. 14, 2018, from Loretto Abbey in the Archdiocese of Toronto. [Click here for Mass Readings]
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“… It is the sad thing that we Homines sapiens sapiens are not always wise in dealing with the
reality of our human situation, our mortality and accountability to our neighbor and our
Maker in the world we find ourselves in. We heard Jesus telling his disciples, and any
who will listen to him, that it is hard for those who have wealth to enter the kingdom of
God. Why? Because love of riches can give a false sense of security and control over
immediate needs and comforts, and nest egg for the future. How easily that castle of cards
is blown away by market crashes, losses from natural disasters, wars, sicknesses and
random accidents. …”