St. Thomas: An Apostle Who Was Sent

by | Jul 5, 2021 | Ad maiorem Dei gloriam and the salvation of souls!, Apostles, Missions, Saints, Sanctity

Modern readers tend to see the Gospel through a filter of tradition. We see individual characters as we have been trained to see them: as the sum of the sermons preached about them. The text may present them as complex, with a variety of competing virtues and failings, but our mental shorthand reduces them to […] Source: St. Thomas: An Apostle Who Was...

30th Wednesday of Ordinary Time

by | Oct 28, 2020 | Apostles

FRIENDS and SERVANTS of the WORD 30th Wednesday of Ordinary Time October 28, 2020 WORD of the DAY In those days he departed to the mountain to pray, and he spent the night in prayer to God. When day came, he called his disciples to himself, and from them he chose Twelve, whom he also named apostles: Simon, whom he named Peter, and his brother Andrew, James, John, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus, Simon who was called a Zealot, and Judas the son of James, and Judas Iscariot, who became a traitor. And he came down with them and stood on a stretch of level ground. A great crowd of his disciples and a large number of the people from all Judea and Jerusalem and the coastal region of Tyre and Sidon came to hear him and to be healed of their diseases; and even those who were tormented by unclean spirits were cured. Everyone in the crowd sought to touch him because power came forth from him and healed them all. (Luke 6: 12-19) How shall I live this Word? Today’s Gospel clearly tells us that the curriculum vitae of the apostles were examined...

Hoy es fiesta de Santo Tomás Apóstol, patrono de jueces, arquitectos y teólogos

by | Jul 3, 2020 | Apostles

Cada 3 julio la Iglesia Católica celebra la fiesta de Santo Tomás Apóstol, el pescador de Galilea que hizo la confesión de fe: “Señor Mío y Dios Mío”, luego que Jesús, a los ocho días de haber resucitado, se apareció nuevamente ante sus discípulos y lo invita a meter su mano en la llaga de su costado. Source: Hoy es fiesta de Santo Tomás Apóstol, patrono de jueces, arquitectos y...

Hoy es fiesta de San Matías, el apóstol “número doce”

by | May 14, 2020 | Apostles, Saints

El 14 de mayo es fiesta de San Matías, el que fue elegido para completar el lugar que dejó el traidor Judas Iscariote entre los apóstoles. El testimonio de amor a Cristo y la forma de su elección de San Matías están relatadas en el libro de los Hechos de los Apóstoles. Source: Hoy es fiesta de San Matías, el apóstol “número...