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The light of the Star of Bethlehem continues to shine in our time, wherever the Gospel takes root.

Led by the Spirit on the Right Way: The Fruit That No Tithe of Mint Can Replace

On this Wednesday of the twenty-eighth week in Ordinary Time, the Church remembers Saint Callixtus I, pope and martyr of Rome, and sets two ways before us. Our difficulty is an old one: we can walk a ...

Bible Spirituality

Oct 13, 2026

Clean Within: The Freedom of the Spirit, the Cup and the Alms

On this Tuesday of the twenty-eighth week of Ordinary Time, the Church reads the letter of Paul, the apostle to the nations, to the Galatians, while the Gospel seats us at a Pharisee's table. Our diff...

Bible Spirituality

Oct 12, 2026

The Inheritance We Did Not Earn: Heirs of the Free Mother and the Sign of Jonah

On this Monday of the twenty-eighth week in Ordinary Time, the Church reads the letter of Paul, the apostle to the nations, to the Galatians beside Jesus' rebuke of a crowd that seeks a sign. Our diff...

Bible Spirituality

Oct 11, 2026

The Feast Already Prepared: Every Face Wiped, a Hall Filled, a Garment Still to Be Put On

This Twenty-Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time gathers its readings around a single table that God has already set for every person. We know how readily an invitation received becomes an invitation postpo...

Bible Spirituality

Oct 10, 2026

No Longer Under a Guardian: One Household in Christ, Heirs of the Promise to Abraham

Saturday of the twenty-seventh week in Ordinary Time brings us to the letter to the Galatians and to a Gospel of only two verses. Our daily difficulty is an old one: we sort one another by origin, by ...

Bible Spirituality

Oct 9, 2026

One Deed, Two Readings: The Strong Man, the Promise to Abraham, and the Garment Not Torn

On this Friday of the twenty-seventh week of Ordinary Time, the Church remembers Saint Denis, the bishop of Paris, who was martyred with his companions. Our hearts are rarely whole, since we confess o...

Bible Spirituality

Oct 8, 2026

The Door at Midnight: Hearing, Asking, and the Gift Already Given

Throughout the twenty-seventh week of Ordinary Time, the Church has followed Luke on the road to Jerusalem, and today she brings us to a house door at midnight. Our difficulty is the quiet suspicion t...

Bible Spirituality

Oct 7, 2026

Teach Us to Say Father: Antioch, the Open Table, and the Prayer of the Children

The memorial of Our Lady of the Rosary, the mother of the Lord and his first disciple, falls on a Wednesday of Ordinary Time, among readings that begin with a quarrel and end with a prayer. Our diffic...

Bible Spirituality

Oct 6, 2026

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

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

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

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

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Each day of the year, this blog offers a short meditation on the Gospel of the day, read in the light of Bethlehem spirituality.

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