Wednesday’s Word of the Day

Zucchetto
(zöö-KEH-to)
Derived from the popular Italian idiom zucca (“pumpkin”), used as slang for “head,” the zucchetto is a small skullcap worn by ecclesiastics, especially prelates. The Holy Father wears a white zucchetto made of watered silk. The cardinals use scarlet, and bishops use purple. Priests of the monsignorial rank may wear black with purple piping. All [...]

Mass Reading & Meditation for September 30, 2009

Catholic Meditations
Meditation: Nehemiah 2:1-8
Just as Nehemiah mourned when he saw the once glorious Temple abandoned and in ruins, we too can be tempted to feel sad if we look at the state of the church in too narrow a way.
There are so many divisions among us, so many ways we reject one another or become [...]

Wednesday Reflection

Wednesday, September 30, 2009
“Instead of measuring your difficulties with your strength you must measure them with the powerful help you have a right to expect from God.”
-St. Elizabeth Ann Seton
Often I fail to realize that I am never alone to cope with my problems. I rely on your powerful help to carry me through, Lord.

Mass Reading & Meditation for September 29, 2009

Catholic Meditations
Meditation: John 1:47-51
Feast of the Archangels
What thoughts were going through Nathanael’s mind as he sat under that fig tree? He obviously noticed what kind of tree it was. Clearly being familiar with Scripture, he was probably drawn to meditate on Micah 4:1-4, where the prophet promises that peoples and nations shall stream to “the [...]

Tuesday Reflection

Tuesday, September 29, 2009
“We respond more to the prick of a rose than to its fragrance.”
-St. Vincent de Paul
Lord, how true it is that I pray to you more often in adversity than in good times. Give me a grateful heart to praise your goodness when all is well.

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Monday’s Word of the Day

Black Monks
(BLAK MUHNKS)
Title given to the Benedictine monks because of their black religious habits.

Mass Reading & Meditation for September 28, 2009

Catholic Meditations
Meditation: Zechariah 8:1-8
Devastation. Desolation. No Temple. No altars.
No place to worship the Lord. Such was the state of Jerusalem in the second year of the reign of Darius the Mede (529 b.c.). Had God abandoned his people? Had their sin finally provoked him to give up on them and leave them to the cruelty [...]

Monday Reflection

Monday, September 28, 2009
“Bitter thoughts come from the evil spirit; those from Our Lord are gentle and mild.”
-St. Vincent de Paul
Lord, it is so easy to yield to anger and impatience when things are stressful. Calm my quick temper when things don’t go my way. Keep me mindful that I owe my coworkers encouragement and [...]