“Now as He sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to Him privately, saying, ‘Tell us, when will these things be? And what will be the sign of Your coming, and of the end of the age?’ And Jesus answered and said to them: ‘Take heed that no one deceives you.”
October 21, 2026
As he who seduced Adam said of himself, “I will sit in the sides of the north,”
so he persuaded Adam by saying, “Taste, and you shall be as gods.”
By pride then have we so fallen as to arrive at this mortality.
And because pride had wounded us, humility makes us whole.
God came humbly, that from such a great wound of pride He might heal man…
He was taken by the Jews; He was reviled of them.
You heard when the Gospel was read, what they said, and to Whom they said, “You have a devil.”
And He said not, You have a devil, for you are still in your sins, and the devil possesses your hearts.…
Consecrated Sisters
The word “consecrated” means separated from common use to sacred use; by which a person or a thing is dedicated to the service and worship of God by prayers, rites, and ceremonies. Following in the footsteps of the Mother of God, many females responded to the call of service and virginity. St. Phoebe was a deaconess who helped St. Paul (Rom 16:1-2).
