Solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ – Years A, B, C Today we celebrate the Solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ. This Solemnity gives us the opportunity to think about the importance of the Eucharist in our lives, in our community, and about what we can do in order to […]
Saturday of the Ninth Week in Ordinary Time – Mk 12:38-44 A few years ago, researchers claimed to have calculated that it costs 1.1 million dollars to raise a child in the United States. My thought was, “Is that really all it costs? Only a million dollars?” Indeed, a million dollars seems rather cheap.
Friday of the Ninth Week of Ordinary Time – Mk 12:35-37 Sometimes we come across Gospel passages that might make us scratch our heads and wonder, “What’s going on here?” Such might be the case of today’s Gospel. Although it is only three verses long, nonetheless, as one scholar puts it, “For us this
Thursday of the Ninth Week in Ordinary Time – Mk 12:28-34 Today’s Gospel narrative takes place after Jesus has successfully refutes the groups of Pharisees, Herodians, and Sadducees (what we’ve been hearing these past days); the Pharisee in today’s Gospel is the only good Pharisee that Mark presents in his Gospel, and it’s interesting to
Wednesday of the Ninth Week in Ordinary Time – Mk 12:18-27 In the Gospel, we heard of the encounter between Jesus and the Sadducees. Among the various groups of Jews of that time, the Sadducees were the worldliest, so to speak. Mark tells us that they denied the resurrection, but also, implicit in this, is
A. We Are an Echo of Jesus’ Heart Every baptized person must be an echo of all Jesus’ pains and loves, and this is even truer for a priest. All the pains and all the loves of the Heart of the Divine Spouse, each and every one of them, must resonate solemnly in the echo
Tuesday of the Ninth Week of Ordinary Time – Mk 12:13-17 Today’s Gospel presents us with a well-known incident in Christ’s life: while there’s a lot we could say, we can consider three details that can be useful for our meditation: first, the fact that Jesus doesn’t have a coin on Him, second, the
Monday of the Ninth week in Ordinary Time – Mk 12:1-12 Today’s Gospel serves as an excellent reminder of what our lives are about and how God provides us with what we need. Although we’ve probably heard the parable of the tenants before, it helps to examines what Jesus is telling us about God
The Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity – Year A Today we celebrate the Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity. The Catechism tells us that “the mystery of the Most Holy Trinity is the central mystery of Christian faith and life”: in other words, out of all the many mysteries that we are called
Saturday of the Eighth Week of Ordinary Time – Mk 11:27-33 In today’s Gospel, we’re immediately struck by two things: first, the apparent inability of the chief priest, the scribes, and the elders to see who Jesus is, and second, and more importantly, the reason why they can’t see this. Regarding the first, out of
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