Holy Gospel: November 27 "Beware that your hearts do not become drowsy from carousing and drunkenness and the anxieties of daily life, and that day catch you by surprise like a trap." (Luke 21:34-36)
Holy Gospel: November 26 "Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away." (Luke 21:29-33)
Holy Gospel: November 24 "They will seize and persecute you, they will hand you over to the synagogues and to prisons, and they will have you led before kings and governors because of my name." (Luke 21:12-19)
Crisis of Faith The main symptom is the tendency to judge the Church not by the standards of faith but by political standards.
Saint Spotters The fact that we now have serious investigation into the lives of holy Americans from Fulton J. Sheen to Michael McGivney is a sign that more American Catholics, especially American clergy, are taking holiness seriously.
Holy Gospel: November 23 "See that you not be deceived, for many will come in my name, saying, ‘I am he,’ and ‘The time has come.’ Do not follow them!" (Luke 21:5-11)
Holy Gospel: November 22 “I tell you truly, this poor widow put in more than all the rest." (Luke 21:1-4)
Holy Gospel: November 19 "My house shall be a house of prayer, but you have made it a den of thieves." (Luke 19:45-48)
Holy Gospel: November 18 "Jesus drew near Jerusalem, he saw the city and wept over it." (Luke 19:41-44)
Holy Gospel: November 17 "I tell you, to everyone who has, more will be given, but from the one who has not, even what he has will be taken away." (Luke 19:11-28)