Today’s gospel is about the beheading of John the Baptist. If you remember, John was beheaded for telling Herod that it wasn’t lawful for him to have his brother’s wife. Herod divorced his first wife and married Herodias, his brother’s wife, while his brother was still alive. Herodias was truly …
Daily Reflection Archives
Both the New and the Old Testament Readings
“Then every scribe who has been instructed in the Kingdom of heaven is like the head of a household who brings from his storeroom both the new and the old.” Jesus spoke these words in the last …
Though They Fight Against You They Shall Not Prevail
“When I found your words, I devoured them; they became my joy and the happiness of my heart.” How beautiful are these words from the first reading for Mass, from the book of the prophet Jeremiah …