On Monday, September 14, the Church celebrates the Exaltation itself. The feast commemorates the finding of the Cross by Saint Helen and its later recovery and solemn elevation in Jerusalem. The Church places the Cross before us so that…

In the Gospel, Christ tells the parable of the wedding feast. The invitation goes out freely, yet those who receive it must also respond rightly. The final words are sobering: “For many are called, but few are chosen.”

This Sunday is the Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost. Saint Paul closes his first letter to the Corinthians with a direct charge: “Watch, stand fast in the faith, be brave, be strong. Let all that you do be done with…