Luis Gonzalez
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August 31, 2025 – Humility & Divine Joy in Today’s Mass Readings
“The way up is down.” ⬇️⬆️ Today’s readings flip the status game and open the door to joy. 👂 Sirach 3:17-18, 20, 28-29: Real greatness is humility. Take the low road and find mercy. 🏠 Psalm 68:4-7, 10-11: God fathers… Continue reading
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August 30th – Saint of the Day: Saint Narcisa de Jesús Martillo Morán
From a sewing table in Ecuador to the altars of the Church. ✨ Meet Saint Narcisa de Jesús—quiet rebel of holiness, lover of the Eucharist, and seamstress whose life was one long yes to Jesus. 🧵📿 She prayed through the… Continue reading
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August 30th – Saint of the Day: Saint Jeanne Jugan
She gave away her bed and slept in the attic—then built a worldwide home for love. 🔥 Saint Jeanne Jugan (Sister Mary of the Cross), foundress of the Little Sisters of the Poor. She went door-to-door with a basket 🧺… Continue reading
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August 30, 2025 – Stewardship & Charity in Today’s Mass Readings
Stop burying your gifts. God didn’t hand you a shovel—He handed you a mission. 🔥 Your ordinary work can be holy ground. In 1 Thessalonians 4:9–11, we’re “taught by God to love one another” and called to “progress even more”—yes,… Continue reading
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August 29th – Saint of the Day: Saint Medericus (Saint Merry)
Prison doors swung open. A hidden monk lit up Paris. ✨⛓️🏙️ Meet Saint Medericus (Saint Merry)—a Benedictine abbot who traded titles for a hermit’s cell, walked to Paris with his disciple, and left a trail of healings and mercy. From… Continue reading
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August 29th – Saint of the Day: Saint Sabina, Martyr
A Roman noble with everything to lose—chose Christ anyway. 🛡️🔥 Saint Sabina heard the Gospel through her servant, Saint Serapia, and let friendship in Christ flip her world. No headline miracles—just radical fidelity that ended with a sword and began… Continue reading
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August 29, 2025 – Holiness & Truth in Today’s Mass Readings
Truth crashed the party. A dance, a rash oath, a prophet’s head… and a King whose justice still stands. ✨⚖️ 🔥 1 Thessalonians 4:1–8: God’s will is your holiness—real sexual integrity, honor in relationships, and a life empowered by the… Continue reading
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August 28th – Saint of the Day: Saint Moses the Black, Martyr
From feared bandit to priest and martyr—Saint Moses the Black is proof that grace can reroute a life. ⚔️➡️🕊️ His strength didn’t vanish; God converted it. Today’s post dives into his jaw-dropping conversion, his legendary “basket of sand” humility, his… Continue reading
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August 28th – Saint of the Day: Saint Augustine of Hippo, Bishop and Doctor of the Church
“You have made us for Yourself, O Lord…” 🔥 Meet Saint Augustine of Hippo—prodigy, pleasure-chaser, truth-hunter turned Bishop and Doctor of Grace. His pivot point? A garden voice whispering tolle lege (“take and read”), a page of Romans that shattered… Continue reading
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August 28, 2025 – Watchful Love & Stewardship in Today’s Mass Readings
Ready hearts, busy hands. 🕯️🍞⏳ Readiness isn’t doomscrolling—it’s feeding someone at “the proper time.” In 1 Thessalonians 3:7–13, Paul shocks us with joy: “We now live, if you stand firm in the Lord.” His prayer? That we “increase and abound… Continue reading
Holy Manna! 