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06/08/2026

Good Morning World. It is June 8th, Monday of the 10th week in ordinary time. The readings for today’s mass may be found at usccb.org.

The first reading is from 1 Kings 17:1-6
Elijah the Tishbite, from Tishbe in Gilead, said to Ahab:
“As the LORD, the God of Israel, lives, whom I serve, during these years there shall be no dew or rain except at my word.”
The LORD then said to Elijah:
“Leave here, go east and hide in the Wadi Cherith, east of the Jordan.
You shall drink of the stream, and I have commanded ravens to feed you there.”
So he left and did as the LORD had commanded.
He went and remained by the Wadi Cherith, east of the Jordan.
Ravens brought him bread and meat in the morning, and bread and meat in the evening, and he drank from the stream.

Barry was eager to get his first job. His parents told him that when he turned 13, he could start looking for a job during summer vacation.

Barry saw a notice on the bulletin board at the local supermarket. It was for a job doing yard work (mostly cutting grass and trimming weeds) in the fields behind a local produce farm.

Barry asked his parents if he could apply. They agreed. Barry called and made an appointment for an interview. The man seemed like a nice guy and was impressed with Barry’s manners.

The interview went well until the man asked Barry if he had a riding mower or a push mower.

Barry was caught off guard. It never occurred to him that he had to have his own equipment. Barry figured if the people wanted him to do the work, they would have the equipment for him to use.

Barry just got a life lesson.

In today’s reading, Elijah got a spiritual life lesson.

If God calls you to do His work, God will equip you so that you can do the job.

Even though the land was going through a drought and then a famine, God provided Elijah with directions where to go, with water to drink and food to eat.

If God calls you to do something, God will give you what you need to do it.

Directions, food, drink, wisdom, strength, peace, knowledge, courage, faith - whatever you need to do what God asks you to do, World, God will provide.

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06/07/2026

Good Morning World. It is Sunday, June 7th. Today is the Solemnity of the Holy Body and Blood of Christ, also known as Corpus Christi Sunday. The readings for today’s mass may be found at usccb.org.

The second reading is from 1 Corinthians 10:16-17
Brothers and sisters:
The cup of blessing that we bless,
is it not a participation in the blood of Christ?
The bread that we break,
is it not a participation in the body of Christ?Because the loaf of bread is one,
we, though many, are one body,
for we all partake of the one loaf.

The focus of today’s solemnity is the Body of Christ, that is, the Eucharist - the bread and wine become the Body and Blood of Jesus.

In the above reading, Saint Paul points out another reality of the Body of Christ.

We who partake of the one loaf, believers who share in the Body of Christ, are also one body, the body of Christ.

Elsewhere, Paul write about being parts, different members, different gifts, but one body with Christ as the head.

Today we celebrate the Body of Christ, our Eucharistic food.
We also celebrate being the body of Christ for each other, World.

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06/06/2026

Good Morning World. It is June 6th, Saturday of the 9th week in ordinary time. June 6th is the memorial of Saint Norbert. The readings for today’s mass may be found at usccb.org.

The gospel is from Mark 12:38-44
In the course of his teaching Jesus said,
“Beware of the scribes, who like to go around in long robes and accept greetings in the marketplaces, seats of honor in synagogues, and places of honor at banquets.
They devour the houses of widows and, as a pretext, recite lengthy prayers.
They will receive a very severe condemnation.”He sat down opposite the treasury and observed how the crowd put money into the treasury.
Many rich people put in large sums.
A poor widow also came and put in two small coins worth a few cents.
Calling his disciples to himself, he said to them,
“Amen, I say to you, this poor widow put in more than all the other contributors to the treasury.
For they have all contributed from their surplus wealth, but she, from her poverty, has contributed all she had, her whole livelihood.”

“Well, as I see it…”

For four years of seminary, in almost every class we had together, and I mean almost every class, this classmate would say, “Well, as I see it…”

At first, it was annoying. Then, it got very annoying. At some point, God gave us the grace to accept this classmate with his idiosyncrasies. (As I am sure this classmate accepted the rest of us with our idiosyncrasies.)

Most people have the tendency of seeing things from their perspective. We may not all be aware of it. But we tend to operate from this “well, as I see it” point of view.

However, it is more important that we operate from the “Well, as God sees it…” point of view.

In today’s gospel, most people would say that the people who put in the larger donations had contributed the most.

But that’s not how Jesus saw it.
“Well, as I see it, the widow gave more than all the other contributors.”

I need to ask Jesus for the grace to more and more see things as He sees them.

Maybe we all could seek that grace, World.

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06/05/2026

Good Morning World. It is June 5th, Friday of the 9th week in ordinary time. June 5th is the memorial of Saint Boniface. The readings for today’s mass may be found at usccb.org.

The first reading is from 2 Timothy 3:10-17
You have followed my teaching, way of life, purpose, faith, patience, love, endurance, persecutions, and sufferings, such as happened to me in Antioch, Iconium, and Lystra, persecutions that I endured.
Yet from all these things the Lord delivered me.
In fact, all who want to live religiously in Christ Jesus will be persecuted.
But wicked people and charlatans will go from bad to worse, deceivers and deceived.
But you, remain faithful to what you have learned and believed, because you know from whom you learned it, and that from infancy you have known the sacred Scriptures, which are capable of giving you wisdom for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.
All Scripture is inspired by God and is useful for teaching, for refutation, for correction, and for training in righteousness, so that one who belongs to God may be competent, equipped for every good work.

Paul mentions several virtues, including endurance.
Endurance - stamina, persevering, never giving up.

There is a saying: failure is the result of failing to persevere.

By persevering, we may have to endure discomfort, pain, and suffering.

God, please give us the grace to endure what ever comes.

May God give us the grace of endurance, World.

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06/04/2026

Good Morning World. It is June 4th, Thursday of the 9th week in ordinary time. The readings for today’s mass may be found at usccb.org.

The gospel is from Mark 12:28-34
One of the scribes came to Jesus and asked him,
"Which is the first of all the commandments?"
Jesus replied, "The first is this:
Hear, O Israel!
The Lord our God is Lord alone!
You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.
The second is this:
You shall love your neighbor as yourself.
There is no other commandment greater than these."
The scribe said to him, "Well said, teacher. You are right in saying,
He is One and there is no other than he.
And to love him with all your heart, with all your understanding, with all your strength,
and to love your neighbor as yourself
is worth more than all burnt offerings and sacrifices."
And when Jesus saw that he answered with understanding, he said to him, "You are not far from the Kingdom of God."
And no one dared to ask him any more questions.
“You are not far from the kingdom of God”

Hmmmmm……..

If the kingdom of God is heaven, then this scribe just got some bad news. He’s not far from the kingdom, which would mean he’s about to leave this world to go to heaven.

Okay, maybe that’s not what Jesus meant.

The kingdom of God cannot be a geographical place on earth, because if this scribe is not far from the kingdom - geographically - then all the people around him are not far from the kingdom, either.

So, Jesus probably didn’t mean geographically.

Jesus saw that the scribe answered with understanding. That’s when He told the scribe he wasn’t far from the kingdom.

Did the scribe have an understanding mind? Sure. He understood what Jesus was saying.

But it’s not just an understanding mind.

Jesus said the two greatest commandments are about love - loving God, loving neighbor, loving self.

The scribe had an understanding heart, a heart that knows love.

Maybe it is an understanding heart that brings us close to the kingdom of God, World.

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06/03/2026

Good Morning World. It is June 3rd, Wednesday of the 9th week in ordinary time. June 3rd is the memorial of Saint Charles Lwanga and companions. The readings for today’s mass may be found at usccb.org.

The Responsorial Psalm is from Psalm 123:1b-2ab, 2cdef
R/. (1b) To you, O Lord, I lift up my eyes.
To you I lift up my eyes
who are enthroned in heaven.
Behold, as the eyes of servants
are on the hands of their masters.
R/. To you, O Lord, I lift up my eyes.
As the eyes of a maid
are on the hands of her mistress,
So are our eyes on the LORD, our God,
till he have pity on us.
R/. To you, O Lord, I lift up my eyes.

To look for help means to seek, to try to find help.
It does not necessarily mean using our eyes to “look” for help.

When we look to God for help, maybe we can “put our eyes on the Lord” as we seek His help.

Maybe we can look at the crucifix on a rosary as we look for God to help us.
Maybe we can look at a tabernacle in a church, knowing that Jesus is present in the Eucharist contained therein, as we look for His help.
Maybe we can find a church or chapel with Eucharistic Adoration and literally look at Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament as we look for His help.

We can truly lift up our eyes to the Lord, World, as we look for His help in our lives.

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06/02/2026

Good Morning World. It is June 2nd, Tuesday of the 9th week in ordinary time. June 2nd is the memorial of Saints Marcellinus and Peter. The readings for today’s mass may be found at usccb.org.

The gospel is from Mark 12:13-17
Some Pharisees and Herodians were sent to Jesus to ensnare him in his speech.
They came and said to him,
“Teacher, we know that you are a truthful man and that you are not concerned with anyone’s opinion.
You do not regard a person’s status but teach the way of God in accordance with the truth.
Is it lawful to pay the census tax to Caesar or not?
Should we pay or should we not pay?”
Knowing their hypocrisy he said to them,
“Why are you testing me? Bring me a denarius to look at.”
They brought one to him and he said to them, “Whose image and inscription is this?”
They replied to him, “Caesar’s.”
So Jesus said to them,
“Repay to Caesar what belongs to Caesar and to God what belongs to God.”
They were utterly amazed at him.

Whose image is on the coin?
Caesar.
Then give to Caesar what belongs to Caesar.

“So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.” (Genesis 1:27)
Whose image is on every human being?
God’s image.
Then give to God what belongs to God.

And that includes you and me, World.

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06/01/2026

Good Morning World. It is June 1st, Monday of the 9th week in ordinary time. June 1st is the memorial of Saint Justin. The readings for today’s mass may be found at usccb.org.

The verse before the gospel is based on Revelation 1:5ab
Jesus Christ, you are the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead;
you have loved us and freed us from our sins by your Blood.

The Greek word for witness is μάρτυς (martus). It can also mean martyr, as it refers to someone who testifies to the truth, sometimes even at the cost of their life.
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The verse before the gospel calls Jesus a faithful witness.

When we look at the etymology of the word witness - martus, from which we get the English word martyr - Jesus being a faithful witness makes even more sense.

Jesus was faithful in testifying to God’s unconditional love. He taught that you can have no greater love than to lay down your life for your friends.

And that is what Jesus did. That was His witness to God’s love.

In a trial, the jury is called to listen to witnesses and judge the truth.

May the witness of Jesus help us to judge the truth of God’s unconditional love for us, World.

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05/31/2026

Good Morning World. It is Sunday, May 31st. Today is the Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity. The readings for today’s mass may be found at usccb.org.

The second reading is from 2 Corinthians 13:11-13
Brothers and sisters, rejoice.
Mend your ways, encourage one another, agree with one another, live in peace, and the God of love and peace will be with you.
Greet one another with a holy kiss.
All the holy ones greet you.
The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with all of you.

The Most Holy Trinity - One God in Three Persons, the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit.

Different analogies have been used over the centuries to try to explain this mystery of our faith.
Saint Patrick used the shamrock - three in one.

I use the analogy of the triangle. Three separate, distinct sides. Yet, when connected together, these separate, distinct sides form one geometric shape - the triangle.
Three that when connected, when united, make one.

The three Persons of the Trinity are connected. As one theology states it, the Father and the Son are united in the love of the Holy Spirit.

That connection, that unity, is so very important. The Holy Trinity invites us to connect with them, to be united with them.

We are invited into their relationship of love.

As we seek this relationship with the Blessed Trinity, let us praise our Triune God:
Glory be to the Father, to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit both now and for ever, the God who is, who was, and who is to come, now and for ever. Amen.

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05/30/2026

Good Morning World. It is May 30th, Saturday of the 8th week in ordinary time. The readings for today’s mass may be found at usccb.org.

The first reading is from Jude 17, 20b-25
Beloved, remember the words spoken beforehand by the Apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Build yourselves up in your most holy faith; pray in the Holy Spirit.
Keep yourselves in the love of God and wait for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ that leads to eternal life.
On those who waver, have mercy; save others by snatching them out of the fire; on others have mercy with fear, abhorring even the outer garment stained by the flesh.
To the one who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you unblemished and exultant, in the presence of his glory, to the only God, our savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord be glory, majesty, power, and authority from ages past, now, and for ages to come. Amen.

Build yourself up in your holy faith: pray in the Holy Spirit; keep yourself in God’s love; wait for the mercy of Jesus; have mercy on those who waver.

There it is.
We are encouraged to build up our faith.
We are told that we can do this by praying in the Holy Spirit and remembering that God loves us and believing it, and receiving mercy from Jesus and show that mercy to others.

Not sure where to begin?

Pray to the Holy Spirit: “Holy Spirit, where do you want me to begin?”

Pray that and you’ve just begun building up your faith, World.

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