August 30, 2026

Twenty second Sunday of Ordinary Time

by Fr. Jonah, O.P.

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,

Just a couple of days ago on Friday, the Church celebrated the feast day of St. Augustine, perhaps the most influential teacher in the Church’s history. If you haven’t read his Confessions, you must. Perhaps you’ve heard this beautiful passage from Book X: 

Late have I loved you, O Beauty ever ancient, ever new, late have I loved you! You were within me, but I was outside, and it was there that I searched for you. In my unloveliness I plunged into the lovely things which you created. You were with me, but I was not with you. Created things kept me from you; yet if they had not been in you they would have not been at all. You called, you shouted, and you broke through my deafness. You flashed, you shone, and you dispelled my blindness. You breathed your fragrance on me; I drew in breath and now I pant for you. I have tasted you, now I hunger and thirst for more. You touched me, and I burned for your peace.

Through St. Augustine’s intercession (and that of his mother, St. Monica), may all of us love God more and more each day. May we all be touched by him and burn for his peace.

Know of my prayers for all of you.

In Christ,

Fr. Jonah, O.P.