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June 26, 2026

He Reached Out and Touched Him: The God Who Crosses Every Barrier — Friday of the Twelfth Week in Ordinary Time — Matthew 8:1-4

Published: June 26, 2026 The Sermon on the Mount has ended. Jesus comes down from the hillside, and a great crowd follows in his wake. It is in the very first moments after that magnificent teaching — in the immediate transition from words to action — that Matthew places one of the most tender...

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June 26, 2026

Built on the Rock: When Words Alone Are Not Enough — Thursday of the Twelfth Week in Ordinary Time — Matthew 7:21-29

Published: June 25, 2026 There is a moment in today's gospel that stops us in our tracks. Jesus is concluding the Sermon on the Mount — that magnificent teaching from the hillside in Galilee — and he offers a warni...

June 24, 2026

The Voice That Points Away — Solemnity of the Nativity of Saint John the Baptist — Luke 1:57-66, 80

Published: June 24, 2026 The Catholic Church is not easily impressed by birthdays. In a year full of saints, the Church marks nearly every one of them on the day they died — the day they were born into eternal life...

June 23, 2026

The Road Less Traveled Is the Road That Leads to Life — Tuesday of the Twelfth Week in Ordinary Time — Matthew 7:6, 12–14

Published: June 23, 2026 There is a moment in nearly every person's day when two roads appear. They rarely look dramatic. One is comfortable, familiar, and well-worn. The other asks something more. Jesus, speaking ...

June 22, 2026

The Log in Our Own Eye: A Call to Humble Self-Examination — Monday of the Twelfth Week in Ordinary Time — Matthew 7:1-5

Published: June 22, 2026 There is perhaps no teaching of Jesus that we quote more selectively or understand more poorly than the one He delivers in today's Gospel. "Stop judging, that you may not be judged," He say...