AD SENSE

18th Week, Monday, August 7: St Sixtus II and Companions

  18th Week, Monday, August 7

Numbers 11:4-15 / Matthew 14:13-21

Moses prays to God; "1 can't carry this burden any longer.

18th Sunday A: Multiplication

 5 Sundays: Summary

1) Preparing the soil: Meek and humble of heart. The word humility comes from the Latin, humus which means earth. Be earthy, natural, without put on. That's the sort of soil.
2) Types of soil: Defiant (rocky/stony), distracted (thorny) and defeated (birds picking or people trampling). Ignatius of Loyola had a defiant and distracted heart in the beginning but never defeated.

Feast of Transfiguration of the Lord (Aug 6) - Liturgical Prayers

 Greeting

Today God our Father tells us: This is my beloved Son. Listen to him. May the Word of our Lord Jesus Christ resound in your hearts and in your lives.

Aug 5: The Dedication of the Basilica of Saint Mary Major

 The Dedication of the Basilica of Saint Mary Major

The Story of the Dedication of Saint Mary Major Basilica

17th Week: Jul 31-Aug 5

 July 31 Monday: St. Ignatius of Loyola, priest: 

17th Week, Friday, Aug 4th: Saint John Vianney

17th Week, Friday, Aug 4th

Leviticus 23:1, 4-11, 15-16, 27, 34-37 / Matthew 13:54-58

God instructs Israel about worship; "Celebrate these feasts”

17th Week, Thursday, July 3rd, St Waltheof

17th Week, Thursday

Jeremiah 18:1-6 / Matthew 13:47-53

We are clay in God's hands; He fashions us like a potter.