Diebus Saltem Dominicis – 12th Sunday after Pentecost: Mugged by the Truth

Often in the Gospels, when Christ associates Himself with the Father in such a way that He suggests that He, too, is divine, some scribe or Pharisee, that is, an expert on the Law and Prophets, get up in His face and interrogates Him.  This is what happens in the Gospel reading from Luke 10:23-37…

Diebus Saltem Dominicis – 11th Sunday after Pentecost: Dog Days

Bl. Idefonso Schuster (+1954) wrote about this 11th Sunday after Pentecost, “now the heavy clusters are taking on luscious color upon the smiling hills of the Roman Campagna.” In our northern hemisphere, however you calculate their duration, we are deep into the Dog Days, the dies caniculares, when serious heat imposes on the terrestrial with…

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