Third Sunday in Ordinary Time – Is 8:23-9:3, Ps 27:1, 4, 13-14, 1 Cor 1:10-13, 17, Mt 4:12-23 Today we continue our journey through the beginning of ordinary time; the green color of the vestments symbolizes growth and development, so ordinary time is far from boring time, even though it’s not perhaps as exciting as […]
Saturday of the Second Week in Ordinary Time – Mk 3:20-21 Today’s Gospel is very, very short, a whole two lines. However, we’re struck by the angry response of Jesus’ family members: they think He’s crazy! However, the reason they react this way, as Saint Bede says, is “since they could not take in
Friday of the Second Week in Ordinary Time – Mk 3:13-19 Today’s Gospel presents Christ calling His apostles. Although the passage is short, and from the shortest Gospel, in the space of three verses we have the story of every priestly vocation and the model of every priestly life. These words apply to all
Thursday of the Second Week in Ordinary Time – Mk 3:7-12 Today’s Gospel presents a brief summary of Christ’s ministry after He angered the Pharisees in yesterday’s Gospel. There are two things that call our attention: first, all the people who come to Jesus, and the second, what they find when they reach Him.
Wednesday of the Second Week in Ordinary Time January 22nd 2020, Mk 3:1-16 – (2) Today’s Gospel presents the Sabbath healing of a man with a withered hand. The whole passage is marked by contrasts between Jesus and the Pharisees. First, Jesus enters the synagogue, and Mark uses a word that is loaded
Tuesday of the Second Week of Ordinary Time – Option 2 – Mk 2:23-28 Today’s Gospel passage from Mark is one of series of discussions that Jesus has with the Pharisees, and one of several that regard the Sabbath observance. It should call our attention that, on a Sabbath, in the middle of a
Monday of the Second Week of Ordinary Time – Mk 2:18-22 Today’s Gospel passage from Mark is one in a series of small discussions with the Pharisees. In a commentary attributed to Saint Basil, the author offers an interesting perspective on the question. He writes that “true death is not a result of hunger
Second Sunday of Ordinary Time – Year AIs 49:3,5-6; Ps 40:2,4,7-10; 1 Cor 1:1-3; Jn 1:29-34 Today we celebrate the second Sunday of ordinary time. Last Monday, celebrating the Baptism of the Lord, we contemplated in a certain sense the summary of all the work of our redemption. Today the Church asks us to
Saturday of the First Week of Ordinary Time – Mk 2:13-17 Today’s Gospel presents us with the call of Saint Matthew, also called Levi. There’s a lot we could say: for instance, notice how, even in the midst of his sinfulness (because tax collectors were considered public sinners), when Jesus comes to him and
Friday of the First Week of Ordinary Time – Mk 2:1-12 Today’s Gospel presents us with the well-known account of Jesus healing a paralytic after he was lowered through the roof. Mark uses a very surprising sentence to describe what happens: “When Jesus saw their faith, he said to him, ‘Child, your sins are
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