
FIRST READING: For what man knows God’s counsel, or who can conceive what our LORD intends? For the deliberations of mortals are timid, and unsure are our plans. For the corruptible body burdens the soul and the earthen shelter weighs...
The Liturgical Calendar differs from the Roman Calendar in a sense that the Liturgical Year that we observe begins with the season and not on first month of the year. In the Roman Calendar, the current year begins on January...
Every year, the Catholic Church all over the world celebrate her seasons, solemnities and feasts by following the Liturgical Calendar. The Liturgical Calendar is a cycle of three years wherein the Church base the dates of the season and feasts...
FIRST READING: My son, conduct your affairs with humility, and you will be loved more than a giver of gifts. Humble yourself the more, the greater you are, and you will find favor with God. What is too sublime for...
FIRST READING: I come to gather nations of every language; they shall come and see my glory. I will set a sign among them; from them I will send fugitives to the nations: to Tarshish, Put and Lud, Mosoch, Tubal...
FIRST READING: Then God’s temple in heaven was opened, and the ark of his covenant could be seen in the temple. There were flashes of lightning, rumblings, and peals of thunder, an earthquake, and a violent hailstorm. A great sign...
FIRST READING: That night was known beforehand to our fathers, that, with sure knowledge of the oaths in which they put their faith, they might have courage. Your people awaited the salvation of the just and the destruction of their...
by Saint Maximus of Turin (c.420), Bishop CC Sermon 53 on Psalm 117; PL 57, 361 This is the day the Lord has made, let us rejoice and be glad in it (Ps 117[118],24). It is not by chance, brethren,...
Maybe some of you are wondering where the heck I had been for the past 8 days. Actually its a long long stoy. Lets just say that I was compelled to move from my old server to a brand new...
There was once a man named John Williams who lived in Piqua, Ohio, a highway patrolman and a civilian inspector who checks vehicles for defects and safety in four counties. He inspects at least 2000 vehicles a month which in...
During Christmas eve, I always take a brake and have a Christmas movie marathon either in the company or family or in the solace of my won room. Watching Christmas themed movies for me is like making up for the...
Having this weekly Sunday Gospel reflection is actually not easy. Some of you might say that it’s a burden on my part because writing my daily posts candidly and spontaneously is very different from writing a weekly reflection. I am...
The Advent wreath is part of our long-standing Catholic tradition. However, the actual origins are uncertain. There is evidence of pre-Christian Germanic peoples using wreathes with lit candles during the cold and dark December days as a sign of hope...
Do you know that you can calculate the money worth of your blog? It?s a known fact that bloggers have proudly displayed the worth of their blogs in terms of monetary value and I can say that I am very...
Most of us Catholics deliberately ignore the important feast of the Church and one of this is the Solemnity of Christ the King. Starting today, OTWOMD will offer a cyber-retreat to those who cannot celebrate some of the Catholic Church’s...