Aug 14: Day by Day with Father Bill
Memorial of Saint Maximilian Kolbe, Priest and Martyr Father Kolbe was martyred at Auschwitz on August 14, 1941. After a prisoner escaped from the concentration camp, the Nazis lined up ten prisoners who would pay the penalty for the escape with their own lives. Father Kolbe asked to take the place of a prisoner who […]
Aug 13: Day by Day with Father Bill
THURSDAY OF THE NINETEENTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME Dear God, speak gently in my silence. When the loud outer noises of my surroundings and the loud inner noises of my fears keep pulling me away from you, help me to trust that you are still here even when I am unable to hear you. Give […]
Aug 12: Day by Day with Father Bill
WEDNESDAY OF THE NINETEENTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME You know something about brokenness. You know about the broken world. You know about brokenness in your country. But most personally, you know it in your more intimate life. You know that we are broken people and we suffer very intimate pains. The pain of a desire […]
Aug 11: Day by Day with Father Bil
MEMORIAL OF SAINT CLARE, VIRGIN Clare of Assisi’s (1194-1253) deep friendship with Francis of Assisi is legendary. Attracted by Francis’ original religious vision, Clare gave up a life of privilege and embraced poverty and prayer. Her efforts, with those of Francis, revolutionized religious communities of the thirteenth century. Her community of sisters, the Poor Clares […]
Aug 10: Day by Day with Father Bill
THE FEAST OF SAINT LAWRENCE, DEACON AND MARTYR During these trying times, it is good not to lose a sense of humor. The Holy Deacon, Lawrence, as he was being burned alive in Rome on a gridiron, requested that he be turned over by the Roman soldiers as he was “done on this side.” On […]
Aug 9: Day by Day with Father Bill
NINETEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE NUCLEAR BOMBING OF NAGASAKI How does God speak? Through everything there is. Every thing, every person, every situation, is ultimately the Word. It tells me something and challenges me to respond. Each moment, with all that it contains, spells out the great “yes” in a new […]
Aug 8: Day by Day with Father Bill
MEMORIAL OF SAINT DOMINIC, PRIEST The following is taken from a Year with the Eucharist, Paul Jerome Keller, OP (Order of Preachers, the Dominicans): The four ends of the [Mass] [adoration, thanksgiving, reparation, petition] embrace in themselves all possible ends, which fall within the sphere of our Faith, Hope, and Charity. We can find them ceaselessly […]
Aug 7: Day by Day with Father Bill
FRIDAY OF THE EIGHTEENTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME August Poem blessing the boats by Lucille Clifton may the tide that is entering even now the lip of our understanding carry you out beyond the face of fear may you kiss the wind then turn from it certain that it will love you back may you […]
Homily Connect: Aug 9
Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, August 9, 2020 1KGS 19:9A, 11-13A ROM9:1-5 MT 14:22-33 Scripture After doing so, he went up on the mountain by himself to pray. When it was evening, he was there alone. Meanwhile the boat, already a few miles offshore, was being tossed about by the waves, for the wind was […]
Aug 6: Day by Day with Father Bill
FEAST OF THE TRANSFIGURATION OF THE LORD THE 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE NUCLEAR BOMBING OF HIROSHIMA MARTYRDOM OF SAINT SISTER TERESA BENEDICTA OF THE CROSS (EDITH STEIN) AT AUSCHWITZ 1942 MARTYRDOM OF BLESSED FRANZ JAGERSTATTER AT BRANDENBURG 1943 The following is taken from a Year with the Eucharist, Paul Jerome Keller, OP (Order of Preachers, the […]