Wednesday of the Eleventh Week of Ordinary Time – Mt 6:1-6, 16-18 Today’s Gospel is the usual one for Ash Wednesday, and it reminds us of the need for praying, fasting, and almsgiving. These deeds are not simply for Lent, but rather for all times in the year. However, there is a phrase that Jesus […]
Tuesday of the Eleventh Week of Ordinary Time – Mt 5:43-48 Today’s Gospel is surprisingly strong and forceful, more so than we might imagine at first. In fact, some have called this passage the heart and center of the whole preaching of the Sermon on the Mount. To understand why this is so, let
Monday of the Eleventh Week of Ordinary Time – Mt 5:38-42 In a commentary on today’s Gospel, Saint Augustine notices how Jesus warns us against being too attached to three sorts of goods: first, our reputation, as indicated with the slap on the cheek, secondly, our material goods, as indicated by the tunic and
Sunday of the Eleventh Week of Ordinary Time – A – Ex 19:2-6a, Ps 100:1-2, 3, 5, Rm 5:6-11, Mt 9:36—10:8 As many or perhaps all of you know, I am a priest in a missionary religious order. One of the most interesting things about being in a missionary order, at least in my
Memorial of the Immaculate Heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary – Lk 2:41-51 On the day after the solemnity of the Sacred Heart, we remember the heart from which that Heart took flesh: the Immaculate Heart of Mary. Speaking of the Sacred Heart, Pope Saint John Paul II said that “All [the liturgical] cycle is
Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus – Jn 19:31-37 Today we celebrate the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus. The Church has such love for the Sacred Heart that she made this day a solemnity, and Pope Pius XI explained why in his encyclical, Miserentissimus Redemptor. He wrote that “a summary of all our religion
Thursday of the Tenth Week of Ordinary Time – Mt 5:20-26 Today’s Gospel gives us some beautiful insights into the nature of anger. Christ says, “I say to you, whoever is angry with his brother will be liable to judgment.” An ancient commentary on this text from the Gospel of Matthew says that Christ’s commandment
Wednesday of the Tenth Week of Ordinary Time – Option 2 – Mt 5:17-19 In today’s brief Gospel, taken from the Sermon on the Mount, Christ tells us that He came, not to abolish the Law or the prophets, but to fulfill. In order to understand what He means, we must first consider how
Tuesday of the Tenth Week in Ordinary Time – Mt 5:13-16Today’s readings speak to us of two very important symbols to understand our role in the present world: they speak to us of salt and light. So today we can think about these two symbols and think about how we can live out the truths
Monday of the Tenth Week of Ordinary Time – Option 2 – Mt 5:1-12 In today’s Gospel, we heard Christ proclaim the Beatitudes. Over the centuries, the fathers and doctors of the Church have consistently pointed to the Sermon on the Mount, and especially the Beatitudes, as the “plan for the Kingdom of Christ.” As
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