In the previous Roman Calendar, the Sundays that we now call the second part of “Ordinary Time” used to be called “Sundays after Pentecost.” With the reform of the Roman Calendar in 1969, Ordinary Time now begins on the Monday after Pentecost (suppressing what used to be an Octave of Pentecost). The Sunday after Pentecost is now Trinity Sunday and, in the United States, Corpus Christi has been transferred from the Thursday after Trinity Sunday to its following Sunday. So, unless a Catholic goes to daily Mass, he’s unlikely to know that the Church reverted to Ordinary Time or see its typical green vestments for about three weeks.

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Sunday, June 23, is the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ.

Hunger and thirst matter. Without something to eat and something to drink, our strength fades, our thinking becomes unclear, and eventually even life itself becomes unsustainable.

Jesus was not indifferent to the bodily needs of his followers. When the apostles suggested that the tired, hungry crowds be sent away, Jesus asked the apostles to give them food themselves. They were painfully aware of their limited resources in the face of so great a need, but Jesus accepted what they could offer with a peace prefigured in Melchizedek: “Then taking the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven, he said the blessing over them, broke them, and gave them to the disciples to set before the crowd.” To the astonishment of the apostles, “They all ate and were satisfied” (Luke 9:16-17).
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Abortion Myth: By outlawing abortion, women will be in danger as they seek out dangerous back-alley abortions. 5,000 to 10,000 women every year died as a result of illegal abortions before Roe vs Wade.

No one is forced to break the law—people choose to break the law. The laws against theft do not force people to seek out alternative, more dangerous ways to steal. The laws simply forbid a certain immorality. Any decisions on the part of the thief are his own responsibility. In addition, the government isn’t responsible for protecting its citizens from the negative consequences that would result from breaking the law. Mary Anne Warren, a pro-abortion polemicist agrees with this outlook:
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