Solemnity of All Saints

Rev 7:2-4, 9-14 1 Jn 3:1-3 Mt 5:1-12a Today’s feast is not about the canonized saints but about all the good and holy people who have ever lived. When we die that will include us as well if we have a relationship with God, even a last minute one like the thief hanging on the…

Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Ex 22:20-26 1 Thes 1:5c-10 Mt 22:34-40 Love of God and Neighbor The readings for this Sunday are a clear call to love. We are told in the first reading how we are to treat other people, especially the poor, oppressed, and marginalized. St. Paul in the second reading reminds us that we should live…