Category Archives: Daily thought

Feast of St. Stephen Acts 6-8 God blesses those who are faithful to him, who trust and love him even in the face of opposition, humiliation and death. And what is it to be faithful? It is to love God … Continue reading →

Matthew 8:5-11. The Capernaum Centurion. “I am not worthy to have you come under my roof, but say the word and my servant will be healed.” His house was messy. Dishes all over, dirty clothes on the couch, blood-stained armor … Continue reading →

Today’s Word — Luke 7:31-35 There’s no pleasing some people. If Jesus had come like John the Baptist, fasting and furious, they would have said he was possessed by demons. But if he came eating and drinking, loving life and … Continue reading →

Luke 7:11-17. The widows of Nain and Elijah’s time. Jesus stopped everything he was doing and where he was going because he saw a widow weeping for her son, her only son, her only means of support. Not to say … Continue reading →

JRR Tolkien died today in 1973. He wrote: “All that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost; The old that is strong does not wither, Deep roots are not reached by the frost.” Tolkien went … Continue reading →

Acts 1:15-26 Then they gave lots to them, and the lot fell upon Matthias, and he was counted with the Eleven Apostles. Poor Justus. He wasn’t chosen, not to be an apostle. The lot fell to Matthias. God chose him … Continue reading →

And wherever he came, in villages, cities, or countryside,  they laid the sick in the marketplaces and implored him that they might touch even the fringe of his garment. And as many as touched it were made well. (Mark 6.) … Continue reading →

Mark 4:1-20. The parable of the Seed and Soils; 2 Samuel 7. God blesses and warns Solomon There is no soil that is totally one type or another. Totally hard, totally rocky, totally thorny and lost, or totally good and … Continue reading →

Luke 2:16-21. “When eight days were completed for his circumcision, he was named Jesus – the name given him by the angel before he was conceived in the womb.” During the eight days after the baby’s birth and the shepherds’ … Continue reading →