October 12th, 2022 – Wednesday of the 28th Week in Ordinary Time In today’s Gospel Jesus offers stinging rebukes to the scribes and Pharisees based on the way that they have lived out the law. It’s true that the Jews were supposed to offer a tenth of what they grew to God. For instance, in […]
Tuesday of the Twenty-eighth Week in Ordinary Time – October 11th, 2022 In today’s Gospel, Jesus continues with His rebukes of the unbelieving Pharisees. Here, a Pharisee invited Him to partake of a meal at his house, and is astonished when Jesus doesn’t perform the ceremonial washing of hands as prescribed by the law. The
October 10th, 2022 – Monday of the Twenty-eighth Week in Ordinary Time In today’s Gospel, Jesus offers a very harsh rebuke to those scribes and Pharisees who ask for a sign, as we heard in last Friday’s Gospel. We can consider, first, what it was the scribes and Pharisees were asking for, and why it
Ordinary XXVIII – Year C – October 9th, 2022 My dear brothers and sisters, today’s Gospel raises the question of thanksgiving. Jesus points out that it is very important and necessary to give thanks. As He heads to Jerusalem, Christ meets a group of ten lepers. These, in obedience to the Law, are separated from
October 8th, 2022 – Saturday of the Twenty-seventh Week in Ordinary Time Today’s very brief Gospel, two verses, is taken from Luke’s Gospel, and we can see clearly two parts. First, as Saint Bede explains, we hear a woman boldly confess Jesus’ incarnation: “Blessed is the womb that carried you and the breasts at which
October 7th, 2022 – Our Lady of the Rosary (Reading from Friday of the Twenty-seventh Week in Ordinary Time) Today’s Gospel from Luke comes immediately after Christ tells His listeners that they’ll receive what they ask for in pray. In verse 13, Christ tells them “If you then, who are wicked, know how to give
October 6th, 2022 – Thursday of the Twenty-seventh Week in Ordinary Time (2) Today’s Gospel follows immediately after yesterday’s, wherein one of Christ’s disciples asked Jesus to “teach them to pray just as John taught his disciples.” As we said yesterday, there’s no record of any prayer that John offered, but, since he was a
October 5th, 2022 – Wednesday of the Twenty-seventh Week in Ordinary Time Today’s Gospel begins by telling us that “Jesus was praying, and when he finished, one of his disciples said to him, ‘Lord, teach us to pray just as John taught his disciples.’” At first glance, this doesn’t seem to be very remarkable. Yet,
Memorial of Saint Francis of Assisi (Reading from Tuesday of the 27th Week in Ordinary Tim) – October 4th, 2022 Today’s Gospel presents us with the well-known incident of Mary and Martha. We’re reminded of how God calls us to give ourselves entirely to Him and, especially as active and often busy people, we need
October 3rd, 2022 – Monday of the 27th Week in Ordinary Time Today’s Gospel presents us with the well-known parable of the Good Samaritan, and although we’ve certainly heard it before, we can consider, first, the context of the parable and, second, how to apply it to our lives. The road from Jerusalem to Jericho
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