5+ hour, 28+ min ago   (139+ words) 12 September 2026 Saturday of week 23 in Ordinary TimeSt. Ailbe's Church, Emly, IrelandReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: A(II).First reading1 Corinthians 10:14-22We are a single body because we all share the one breadMy dear brothers, you must keep clear of idolatry. I say…...

18+ hour, 37+ min ago   (245+ words) "Take up the full armor of God, that you may be able to resist in the evil day, and having done everything, to stand firm" (Eph. 6:13). Spiritual warfare isn’t as much a frontal attack on Satan’s domain as it is…...

6+ day, 13+ hour ago   (669+ words) In Adam’s fall we sinneth all! (Romans 5:12, 19) We all are imperfect; we all have sinned! That is the bottom line. God’s Holy (perfect) Word states: For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God (Rom. 3:23). (The word…...

6+ day, 13+ hour ago   (139+ words) "Stand firm against the schemes of the devil" (Eph. 6:11). Keep your spiritual armor on at all times. Similar New Testament exhortations call us to hold fast to biblical truth (1 Cor. 15:2), to that which is good (1 Thess. 5:21), to our confidence in…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (205+ words) "Be strong in the Lord, and in the strength of His might. Put on the full armor of God" (Eph. 6:10-11). Spiritual victory is not passive; it involves the discipline of daily obedience to Christ and His Word. When I was…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (289+ words) "Do not love the world, nor the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh and the lust…...

2+ week, 5+ hour ago   (625+ words) By Dr. John Bergsma If last Sunday’s Readings were a soft-ball pitch, a nice high arc to knock out of the park, this Sunday’s Readings are a wicked curve ball for the Catholic preacher. Nonetheless, while these readings aren’t the…...

2+ week, 8+ hour ago   (190+ words) Critics have pointed out that nowhere in the Bible is God said to have a wife, and that Asherah is consistently presented as a false idol. One response noted, "Asherah is not Eve, nor is she the wife of God…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (315+ words) "[Love] bears all things" (1 Cor. 13:7). Love confronts sin but protects the sinner. "Love bears all things" speaks of love's willingness to cover sins and protect sinners from further harm. That's opposite our tabloid-mentality society in which gossip is big business…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (186+ words) "[Love] rejoices with the truth" (1 Cor. 13:6). Love never compromises God’s Word. Paul has just given us a list of things that love does not do: become jealous, brag, act arrogantly or unbecomingly, seek its own, become provoked, keep track of…...