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Thursday, September 3, 2026 | Memorial of Saint Gregory the Great, Pope and Doctor of the Church
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Dear Catholic Parents,

Paul tells the Corinthians he still can't feed them solid food - "there is jealousy and rivalry among you... whenever someone says, 'I belong to Paul,' and another, 'I belong to Apollos,' are you not merely men?" Then the Gospel: Simon has fished all night and caught nothing. Jesus tells him to try again anyway - "put out into the deep." Simon obeys, and the nets nearly break. Faction and fatigue on one hand; trust and abundance on the other. Today's news has some of both.

The deeper reflection on today's readings - and a daily prayer for your household - is waiting in the & Altar app and at andaltar.com. More after the news.

📰 Quick Hits

1. A Whistleblower Accuses Both Sides of the Same Thing - and Says So Himself

A veteran New York prosecutor, Daniel Wiesenfeld, sent a since-deleted email to more than 2,000 colleagues in Attorney General Letitia James's office last week, alleging he was directed to "find and pursue crimes" tied to President Trump and his associates without first having a credible reason to investigate them. Federal investigators have since interviewed him. James's office calls it a personnel matter and denies targeting anyone based on political belief. What's notable is Wiesenfeld's own framing: "If you believe Trump is using [DOJ] attorneys to prosecute his enemies... you should find it equally troubling that Tish is doing exactly the same thing." He wasn't picking a side - he was naming a principle that applies regardless of who's in power.

Faith Lens for the Home: Paul rebuked the Corinthians for exactly this kind of factionalism - "I belong to Paul," "I belong to Apollos" - as if loyalty to a person or party could excuse injustice done in its name. Ask your family: "Why does the Church say the rule of law has to apply the same way no matter who's accused or who's in charge?" This isn't a story about which party is worse. It's a story about whether justice can be trusted when it's used as a weapon - by anyone.

2. Flood Updates: One Still Missing at the Grand Canyon; Nepal's Toll Passes 1,000

At the Grand Canyon, only one person - 53-year-old Timothy Smith - remains unaccounted for after last weekend's flash flood; 82 people have been safely evacuated. In Nepal, the confirmed death toll has reached 1,010, with nearly 3,916 still missing and almost 12,000 rescued so far, according to Nepal's disaster authority.

Faith Lens for the Home: Ask your family: "What does it mean to keep searching - and keep praying - for one person, even after most of the story has already been told?" Pray for Timothy Smith and for Nepal's thousands still unaccounted for.

3. Carmelite Sisters Are Building a Monastery Meant to Last a Thousand Years

In Fairfield, Pennsylvania, a community of Discalced Carmelite sisters is building their new monastery using traditional stonemasonry and timber framing - no nails, old-world plumbing, a $100 million budget raised so far to $22 million, and a 12-to-15-year construction timeline. "They mean last a thousand years," said Catherine Bauer, the community's director of development. The altar in their chapel once served St. Charles Borromeo Seminary; the retired bishop who dedicated it said he'd offered his first Mass on that very altar decades earlier. "The monastery is meant to be a beacon of light... a source of grace and comfort and holiness," Bauer said.

Faith Lens for the Home: Simon put out into deep water on a word he had no reason to trust yet, and the nets nearly broke. Ask your family: "What would our family build - or start - if we really believed it could still be doing good a thousand years from now?" Most of us won't build anything that lasts that long. But the question is worth sitting with anyway.

⛪ Family Saint Spotlight

St. Gregory the Great - September 3

Born to Roman nobility around 540, Gregory gave away his considerable wealth, founded monasteries, and was serving as a monk when he was pulled - reluctantly, by his own account - into the papacy in 590. He reformed the liturgy, sent missionaries to evangelize England, cared personally for Rome's poor during famine and plague, and wrote so extensively on pastoral care that his handbook for bishops shaped Church leadership for centuries. He called himself "servant of the servants of God," a title popes still use. He is a Doctor of the Church.

Ask at dinner: "Gregory didn't want to be pope - he wanted to stay a monk. What has God asked our family to do that we didn't necessarily want, and how did it turn out?"

✋ One Simple Action

Pray tonight for Timothy Smith and for Nepal's missing. Pray for the integrity of our courts and prosecutors, regardless of which party holds power. Then ask God what "deep water" he's inviting your household into this week - something that requires trust before it makes sense.

📚 Read More

Paul rebuked a church divided into factions, each loyal to a name instead of the truth. Simon put out into deep water on nothing but a word, and the nets nearly broke. A prosecutor said the same principle should trouble us no matter whose side is in power. A search continues for one man in the Grand Canyon and thousands in Nepal. A handful of sisters in Pennsylvania are laying stone by stone for people who won't be born for centuries. Put out into the deep today. Trust the word, even before it makes sense.

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Deacon Michael Halbrook
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