“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
Seeing that is a great thing to know the mystery, how He is David’s Son and David’s Lord –
how one Person is both Man and God;
how in the form of Man, He is less than the Father, in the form of God, equal with the Father;
how again He says, on the one hand, ”The Father is greater than I”,
and on the other, “I and My Father are one” –
seeing this is a great mystery, our conduct must be fashioned, that it may be comprehended.
For to the unworthy is it closed up, it is opened to those who are meet for it.
It is not with stones, or clubs, or the fist, or the heel, that we knock unto the Lord.…
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).
