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Monday, July 13, 2026 | Monday of the Fifteenth Week in Ordinary Time
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Dear Catholic Parents,

Isaiah opens with God rejecting Israel's worship: "What care I for the number of your sacrifices? Your incense is loathsome to me. Your hands are full of blood. Wash yourselves clean. Stop doing evil. Learn to do good. Make justice your aim." The Gospel does not soften it: "Do not think I have come to bring peace upon earth. I have not come to bring peace, but the sword. Whoever finds his life will lose it; whoever loses his life for my sake will find it" (Matthew 10:34, 39). Lindsey Graham met with Zelenskyy in Kyiv on Friday. He was dead by Saturday night. This is the week's unavoidable first word.

📰 Quick Hits

1. Senator Lindsey Graham Dies Suddenly at 71 - From Ukraine to Eternity in 24 Hours

On Friday, Senator Lindsey Graham was photographed at a drone factory in Kyiv with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy - his tenth visit to Ukraine since the Russian invasion began. He boarded a plane home. He called President Trump from the flight. Trump said he "sounded a little tired, but perfect." Graham died Saturday night of an aortic dissection - a rupture of the aorta, sudden and unsurvivable. He had been scheduled to appear on Meet the Press Sunday morning. His office asked for prayers for his family. He was 71. Two days after his birthday. He was working until the end.

Faith Lens for the Home: We do not know whether Lindsey Graham was a Catholic or what his final disposition before God was - and that is not ours to judge. What we know is that he was a man who spent his last day on earth advocating for a nation at war and his last phone call with a friend. The Gospel today: "Whoever finds his life will lose it; whoever loses his life for my sake will find it." Pray for his soul tonight. Then ask your family: "If today were our last day, would we be doing something worth doing? What does that tell us about how we should live every day?"

2. Venezuela Earthquake Death Toll Rises to 4,333

The death toll from the June 25 twin earthquakes in Venezuela has more than doubled since our last report, now confirmed at 4,333. Thousands more remain missing. The Venezuelan government has struggled to reach remote communities. Catholic Relief Services and Caritas Venezuela remain on the ground. Isaiah: "Make justice your aim. Redress the wronged. Hear the orphan's plea. Defend the widow." The widow and the orphan are in Venezuela right now.

Faith Lens for the Home: We covered this story when the death toll was 1,700. It is now 4,333. Ask your family: "What does it mean to stay with a tragedy after the news cycle has moved on? How does our faith call us to hold people in prayer even when they disappear from the headlines?" Give to Catholic Relief Services at crs.org if you haven't already. The flood has not receded.

3. Missouri Flooding Kills One, More Than 350 Rescued Over the Weekend

Severe flooding struck Iron, Reynolds and Crawford counties in Missouri over the weekend, killing at least one person and requiring more than 350 rescues. Floodwaters rapidly overtook communities. The National Guard deployed. Catholic Charities of St. Louis is activating disaster response. This is the third significant natural disaster Domus Daily has covered this summer alongside Venezuela's earthquakes and the July 4 heat wave. The summer of 2026 has been relentless.

Faith Lens for the Home: Isaiah says: "Learn to do good. Make justice your aim. Redress the wronged." The Church does not wait for justice to be perfectly sorted before it goes into the flood. Ask your family: "Is there a way our household can respond to the people of Missouri right now - a prayer, a gift, an act?" Catholic Charities St. Louis is at ccstl.org.

⛪ Family Saint Spotlight

St. Henry, Holy Roman Emperor - July 13

Born 973, Holy Roman Emperor from 1014 until his death in 1024. He used his enormous political power to reform the Church, establish monasteries and dioceses, and support the poor. He submitted himself to Church discipline - including, by tradition, accepting public penance - rather than placing his throne above his conscience. He and his wife Cunigunde are both canonized saints, though they had no children; they reportedly lived in celibate marriage, offering their union to God. He died at 51, exhausted by his work. His whole life was a wager on the Gospel's sentence: whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.

Ask at dinner: "St. Henry had enormous power and chose to use it in service of God rather than use God in service of his power. Where in our life are we tempted to use our faith as a tool for what we already want - rather than letting faith reshape what we want?"

✋ One Simple Action

Pray tonight for the soul of Lindsey Graham. Pray for the 4,333 dead in Venezuela and the families still searching. Pray for the families in Iron and Reynolds counties in Missouri drying out this morning. Then ask God - honestly - what it means that you woke up today and they did not. Whoever finds his life will lose it. Use it while you have it.

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Your hands are full of blood. Wash yourselves clean. Learn to do good. Make justice your aim. A senator was in Ukraine on Friday and dead on Saturday. Four thousand three hundred and thirty-three people died in Venezuela. Three hundred and fifty people were pulled from floodwater in Missouri. Whoever finds his life will lose it. Use it today for something worth finding.

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Deacon Michael Halbrook
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