Feast of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel (Page 3)

From the autobiography of Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus (MS B, f. 3r-3v: ed. J. Clarke 1975, pp. 193-94) In the heart of the Church I shall be love My desires caused me a veritable martyrdom, and I opened the Epistles of Saint Paul to find some kind of answer. Chapters Twelve and Thirteen of the First Epistle to the Corinthians fell under my eyes. I read there, in the first of these chapters, that all cannot be apostles,…

TWENTY-FIFTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME A Texts: Isaiah 55:6-9; Philippians 1:20c-24,27; Matthew 20:1-16a By Fr. Augustine Agwulonu, OP Theme and summary: Equal wages and sufficient divine grace for all who work in God’s vineyard: God has all it takes: justice, generosity, and wealth of abundance, to attend to each and every human person according to their states and needs in life.   Consequently, seek the Lord! He is always near, merciful, generous, forgiving, and immanent. He generously gives his grace…