Today’s Topics:

1) Gospel – Mk 7:31-37 – Jesus left the district of Tyre and went by way of Sidon to the Sea of Galilee, into the district of the Decapolis. And people brought to Him a deaf man who had a speech impediment and begged Him to lay His Hand on him. He took him off by himself away from the crowd. He put His Finger into the man’s ears and, spitting, touched his tongue; then He looked up to heaven and groaned, and said to him, “Ephphatha!” (that is, “Be opened!”) And immediately the man’s ears were opened, his speech impediment was removed, and he spoke plainly. He ordered them not to tell anyone. But the more He ordered them not to, the more they proclaimed it. They were exceedingly astonished and they said, “He has done all things well. He makes the deaf hear and the mute speak.”

Memorial of Saint Scholastica, Virgin

Saint Scholastica, pray for us!

Bishop Sheen quote of the day

2) Late journalist George Neumayr warned: “The clock on Catholic civilization is nearing midnight”
https://thefederalist.com/2023/01/31/late-journalist-george-neumayr-warned-the-clock-on-catholic-civilization-is-nearing-midnight/

3) Catholic 101: Individualism and collectivism are two of the greatest threats to human happiness. Catholic Social Teaching and the Destruction of Societies
https://www.crisismagazine.com/opinion/catholic-social-teaching-and-the-destruction-of-societies

4) Good story of Catholic, Harrison Butker, playing in this weekend’s Super Bowl
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRFqqP5D0_Q