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The One Thing Needed: Paul Called, David Known, and Mary Seated at the Source

Saint Bruno, the priest born at Cologne and founder of the Carthusians, is remembered on this Tuesday of the twenty-seventh week in Ordinary Time, and his long silence prepares the readings of the day...

Bible Spirituality

Oct 5, 2026 Word of God

A Gospel Not Made by Man, a Neighbour Made on the Road

On this Monday of the twenty-seventh week in Ordinary Time, the Church reads the letter to the Galatians and the parable of the Samaritan, and remembers Saint Faustina Kowalska, a virgin of the Sister...

Bible Spirituality

Oct 4, 2026 Word of God

The Fruit the Owner Waits For: A Vineyard Given with Care, a Son Sent Last, a Cornerstone

The Twenty-Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time, which takes the place of the memorial of Saint Francis of Assisi, the poor man of Umbria, sets before us a vineyard planted with care and waiting for its fr...

Bible Spirituality

Oct 3, 2026 Word of God

Now My Eye Sees You: From the Hearsay of Job to the Blessed Eyes of the Little Ones

The Book of Job closes on this Saturday of the Twenty-Sixth Week in Ordinary Time, and Job, the man of Uz, finally falls silent before the God he had questioned. We too know God largely by report, thr...

Bible Spirituality

Oct 2, 2026 Word of God

The Hand Upon the Mouth: Job in the Storm and the Child Set in the Midst

The Church honours the Guardian Angels today, the messengers the Father sets beside each of his little ones. Our difficulty is old: we would rather hold answers in our hands than let ourselves be held...

Bible Spirituality

Oct 1, 2026 Word of God

The Harvest Is Great: Seventy-Two Sent Ahead With Empty Hands and Peace for Every House

Thérèse of the Child Jesus, Carmelite of Lisieux and doctor of the Church, patroness of the missions though she never left her convent, is remembered on this Thursday of the twenty-sixth week. We easi...

Bible Spirituality

Sep 30, 2026 Word of God

A Christian Wimmelbuch About Taiwan Is Published

The latest Wimmelbuch about Taiwan hides several SMB members, young and old. Set in the city and on a small island, its countless scenes revolve around Christian holidays and well-known churches. By G...

Asia News SMB Friends Circle Taiwan

Sep 30, 2026 The SMB Blog

The Hand on the Plow: Job in the Dark, a Son of Man Without a Home, and a Furrow to Finish

Saint Jerome, priest and doctor of the Church, translator of the Scriptures into Latin, is remembered on this Wednesday of the twenty-sixth week in Ordinary Time. We want to follow Christ, and yet som...

Bible Spirituality

Sep 29, 2026 Word of God

Heaven Opened Over the Son of Man: The Archangels, the Fig Tree, and the Ladder of Jacob

The feast of the archangels gathers today Michael, the defender of the people of God, Gabriel, the messenger sent to Nazareth, and Raphael, the companion who heals on the road. Their names speak of Go...

Bible Spirituality

Sep 28, 2026 Word of God

The Place Beside Him: Job Stripped Bare, a Child Received, and the Greatness That Makes Room

Saint Wenceslaus, duke of Bohemia, killed by his own brother at the door of a church, is remembered on this Monday of the Twenty-Sixth Week in Ordinary Time, together with Saint Lorenzo Ruiz and his c...

Bible Spirituality

Sep 27, 2026 Word of God

The Son Who Said No and Went Anyway: Two Answers in a Vineyard Outside Jerusalem

Every household knows the distance between the answer given at the door and the work actually done in the field. One costs a breath, the other costs a morning. Today Jesus builds an entire parable on ...

Bible Spirituality

Sep 26, 2026 Word of God

Afraid to Ask: A Veiled Word, a Crowd Still Applauding, and the Question Nobody Dares Put

There is a particular silence that settles over a household when everyone knows something and nobody says it. The diagnosis has been given, the letter has arrived, the decision has been taken, and the...

Bible Spirituality

Sep 25, 2026 Word of God

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