https://revfico.com/ Reflections on spirituality and theology Wed, 23 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0700 23rd-september-st-pius-of-pietrelcina https://revfico.com/posts/23rd-september-st-pius-of-pietrelcina Prayer is the best weapon we have; it is the key to God's heart. You must speak to Jesus not only with your lips, but with your heart. In fact on certain occasions you should only speak to Him with your heart. (So) Pray, hope and don't worry. Anxiety doesn't help at all. Our Merciful Lord will listen to your prayer - St. Pius of Pietrelcina Wed, 23 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0700 22nd-september-st-thomas-of-villanova-1 https://revfico.com/posts/22nd-september-st-thomas-of-villanova-1 What great profit you gain from God when you are generous! You give a coin and receive a kingdom; you give bread from wheat and receive the Bread of Life; you give a transitory good and receive an everlasting one. You will receive it back, a hundred times more than you offered - St. Thomas of Villanova Tue, 22 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0700 21st-september-st-matthew-1 https://revfico.com/posts/21st-september-st-matthew-1 Our Lord chose Matthew, the tax collector, to encourage his fellows to join him. He looked on sinners, called them and brought them to sit beside Him. What a wonderful sight! Angels stand trembling, while publicans, seated, rejoice! - St Ephrem Mon, 21 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0700 the-25th-sunday-of-ordinary-time-year-a https://revfico.com/posts/the-25th-sunday-of-ordinary-time-year-a Generosity is the theme of our gospel reading today from the gospel of Saint Matthew 20:1-16a as Jesus emphasizes God’s generosity in the parable of the landowner and the laborers. The actions of the land owner in reaching out to the laborers, hiring all of them and paying all of them the same amount of wage notwithstanding when they were hired and his words to them saying “are you envious because I am generous?” re-echoes God’s everlasting love and generosity towards us. It is because of this love and generosity ... Sun, 20 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0700 september-19th-st-januarius https://revfico.com/posts/september-19th-st-januarius You do not know that the power of God is great. Would that you would repent so that my God might pardon you whom you say to be unable to free me from your hands! When you speak thus you are heaping up wrath for yourself on the day of wrath - St. Januarius Sat, 19 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0700 september-18th-st-joseph-of-cupertino https://revfico.com/posts/september-18th-st-joseph-of-cupertino God knows what is best for us, and He will provide. (Hence) Pray to God, ‘You are the Spirit, and I am only the trumpet, and without your breath I can give no sound - St. Joseph of Cupertino Fri, 18 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0700 17th-september-st-hildegard-of-bingen-1 https://revfico.com/posts/17th-september-st-hildegard-of-bingen-1 Be not lax in celebrating. Be not lazy in the festive service of God. Be ablaze with enthusiasm. Let us be an alive, burning offering before the altar of God - St. Hildegard of Bingen Thu, 17 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0700 september-16th-saints-cornelius-cyprian https://revfico.com/posts/september-16th-saints-cornelius-cyprian We must remember that we are not to seek our own will, but the will of God - St. Cyprian Wed, 16 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0700 september-15th-our-lady-of-sorrows https://revfico.com/posts/september-15th-our-lady-of-sorrows While other martyrs suffered by sacrificing their own lives, the Blessed Virgin suffered by sacrificing her Son’s life, a Life that she loved far more than her own;  so that she not only suffered in her soul all that her Son endured in His Body but moreover, the sight of her Son’s torments, brought more grief to her heart, than if she had endured them all in her own person - St. Anselm Tue, 15 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0700 14th-september-the-exaltation-of-the-holy-cross-1 https://revfico.com/posts/14th-september-the-exaltation-of-the-holy-cross-1 The cross is called Christ’s glory; it is saluted as his triumph. We recognize it as the cup he longed to drink and the climax of the sufferings he endured for our sake - Saint Andrew of Crete Mon, 14 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0700