Posts by Connor Szurgot
On the Effect of the Resurrection
We are all now living in the joy of the Easter season! Christ is risen! Alleluia, He is truly risen! Life has never been the same since the Resurrection. We live in the freedom of the children of God, freed from Satan’s yoke and the dominion of sin and death. The readings today remind us…
Read MoreOn Spending One’s Life Well
“So he hired himself out to one of the local citizens who sent him to his farm to tend the swine.” From the first chapters of the book of Genesis, we can see that man was created to spend his life in work for the glory of God. This is not a slavish condition, but…
Read MoreIN A DESERTED PLACE WITH JESUS
In both readings today, we see the pursuit of wisdom. In the first reading, Solomon asks wisdom from God and is granted it to reign over the kingdom of Israel. The Gospel shows the people receiving an overflowing wisdom from Our Lord in His teaching. The people are so eager for His presence that they…
Read MoreOn Dullness of Heart
“He got into the boat with them and the wind died down. They were completely astounded. They had not understood the incident of the loaves. On the contrary, their hearts were hardened.” (Mark 6:51-52) The Douy-Rheims translation renders the last part of those verses as “their heart was blinded”, and the Knox translation has “so…
Read MoreOn the Fruit of Repentance
The Gospel opens with St. John the Baptist’s famous call to action, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand!” This can seem like a strange reading choice as we near the Christmas season, a season we rightly associate with the coming of the Infant Jesus, meek and tender. This reading becomes logical when…
Read MoreOn Prudence with Our Present Possessions
Today’s Gospel records the parable of the wasteful steward who, in order to be received favorably by his master’s debtors after he was justly dismissed from the role of steward, artificially lowered the amounts they owed to his master by having them write new promissory notes. Jesus ends the parable by saying: “And the master…
Read MoreOur Lady of the Rosary
Today’s readings remind us of the importance of listening to God’s voice and heeding its commands. The first reading begins with the line, “The word of the LORD came to Jonah a second time.” We all know what happened the first time the word of the Lord came to Jonah. He disobeyed and (in an…
Read MoreOn The Necessity of Sacrifice
In the same way, anyone of you who does not renounce all his possessions cannot be my disciple. Our Blessed Lord addresses us today with very difficult words, “If anyone comes to me without hating his father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple.”…
Read MoreOn the Life of Grace
“Our Savior Jesus Christ has destroyed death and brought life to light through the Gospel.” ~ Gospel Acclamation Our Lord Jesus Christ came not only to forgive men’s sins, but to raise him to new life. Not to a new earthly life like the one we now possess, but to a heavenly life. To partake…
Read MoreOn the Life of Grace
“Our Savior Jesus Christ has destroyed death and brought life to light through the Gospel.” ~ Gospel Acclamation Our Lord Jesus Christ came not only to forgive men’s sins, but to raise him to new life. Not to a new earthly life like the one we now possess, but to a heavenly life. To partake…
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