The Scripture readings for this homily: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/120525.cfm To encounter Christ is to encounter the One who heals—physically, spiritually, supernaturally. Today’s Gospel reminds us that miracles are not mythology but reality. Two blind men cry out, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on us.” Their plea becomes the seed of what the Church would later cherish as the Jesus Prayer—“Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner.”

Hear Fr. Matthew Tomeny, MIC, respond to objections to the Divine Mercy Message and Devotion as revealed to St. Faustina by some Catholic Traditionalists and how the Divine Mercy Devotion actually integrates well within Traditional Catholic Spirituality.

On Sept. 8, the Catholic Church celebrates the birth of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God! This feast day is celebrated exactly nine months after the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception on December 8.