Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time – Year A 1 Kgs 19:9a,11-13a; Ps 85:9-14; Rm 9:1-5; Mt 14:22-33 Today’s Gospel teaches us a great deal about trust in God and about divine providence. We can consider three points: first, what the disciples feared, second, Peter’s sinking, and, lasting, Christ’s kingship. First, the disciples were […]
Saturday of the Eighteenth Week in Ordinary Time – Mt 17:14-20 Today’s Gospel recounts for us a failed healing of a “lunatic,” and then Jesus’ reply to His disciples when they asked why they couldn’t perform the miracle. We can consider both the man who was sick, and the healing and the reply that Jesus
Friday of the 18th Week of Ordinary Time – Option 2 – Mt 16:24-28 Today’s Gospel presents us with a wonderful truth of the Christian life. Using beautiful imagery from nature, Jesus tells us that unless we give ourselves fully to Him by dying to our desires and wants, we really won’t bear fruit
Thursday of the 18th Week in Ordinary Time – Mt 16:13-23 Today’s Gospel recounts for us Peter’s confession of faith. There is a lot that could be said, but we can consider, first, the physical location of the confession, and then two points that can be applied to our lives. First, the physical backdrop for
Wednesday of the 18th Week of Ordinary Time – Mt 15: 21-28 As we make our way through the dog days of summer, we’re presented with some dog references in the liturgy. In today’s Gospel, Matthew recalls for us the exchange between Christ and the Canaanite woman from the region of Tyre and Sidon,
Tuesday of the Eighteenth Week in Ordinary Time – Mt 14:22-36 Today’s Gospel teaches us a great deal about trust in God and about divine providence. We can consider three points: first, what the disciples feared, second, Peter’s sinking, and, third, Christ’s kingship. First, the disciples were very afraid of the storm. During
Monday of the 18th Week of Ordinary Time – Mt 14:13-21 In today’s Gospel, Matthew recounts the feeding of the five thousand with five loaves and two fish. The Fathers and Doctors of the Church and early Christian writers point out a number of details regarding this miracle, and we can, in turn, apply
Feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord – August 6th Today’s feast recalls that moment when, shortly before His passion, Christ revealed His glory to His three closest Apostles. Jesus knew that His suffering and death would be a cause of scandal to them, and so He prepared them in advance by showing them
Saturday of the Seventeenth Week in Ordinary Time – Mt 14:1-12 Today’s Gospel recounts for us the death of John the Baptist. Matthew’s Gospel, along with Mark’s account of the event, gives us some profound insights into Herod’s character, insights that can help us to grow in our spiritual lives. The context for the event
Friday of the Seventeenth Week of Ordinary Time – Mt 13:54-58 Today’s Gospel presents us with questions about faith, and how we respond to what it is that God does in our lives. Matthew tells us that when Jesus returns to his native place, those who heard Him in the synagogue were astonished. Even more,
