Wednesday of the Thirteenth Week in Ordinary Time – Mt 8:28-34 Today’s Gospel presents us with Matthew’s recounting of the healing of two demoniacs; most Biblical scholars take the incident to be a parallel account of a similar event presented by Mark and Luke. While there is a lot we could say about the episode, […]
*The Spanish word used is yerra, meaning the mark that is left after branding an animal; the Spanish footnote reads: Real Academia Española, Diccionario de la Real Academia Española (Madrid, 1992) 1502, vocablo «Yerra»: «R. de la Plata. Hierra, acción de marcar con hierro los ganados». I As we know, there are three sacraments that
Tuesday of the 13th week in Ordinary Time – Option 1 – Mt 8:23-27 Today’s Gospel presents a brief, but important, episode in the public life of Jesus. Clearly the event must have been recounted by one of the disciples, since they were the only ones to witness it. We can consider, first, the whole
Feast of Saint Thomas the Apostle – July 3rd Today we celebrate the feast of Saint Thomas the Apostle. It’s easy to reduce the Apostle just to his doubting, but in the few brief statements that Thomas makes before Christ’s passion, we see a man who is very down to earth, and calls things like
Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time – Year A 2 Kgs 4:8-11, 14-16a, Ps 89:2-3, 16-17, 18-19, Rom 6:3-4, 8-11, Mt 10:37-42 Today’s Gospel presents us with some very strong words from Jesus Christ. The passage is taken from His discourse to the Twelve Apostles, His closest friends and companions, before they’re sent out to preach
Saturday 12th week of Ordinary Time – Mt. 8,5-17 In today’s Gospel, we heard how Jesus worked many healings, in particular that of the Centurion’s servant and Peter’s mother-in-law. This healing work continues today, and in a particular way through the Blessed Virgin Mary. We can consider how she works to help us and bring
Friday of the 12th week in Ordinary Time June 26th, 2020 In today’s Gospel, we heard the short conversation between Christ and the leper. The leper uses an interesting phrase when speaking with Jesus: “If you wish, you can make me clean.” “If you wish, you can make me clean.” In other words, the
Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul, Apostles – June 29th – Mt 16:13-19 Today, the Universal Church celebrates the Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul, Apostles. We could say that the lives of both of these Apostles exemplify the sort of spiritual transformation envisioned by the Spiritual Exercises, which means we can compare their
Wednesday of the 12th week in Ordinary Time – Mt 7:15-20 In today’s Gospel, Jesus reminds us of the need to discern well in our lives, and then to take action based on what we’ve discerned. We can consider both of these elements, as well as practical considerations to put these into practice.[1] “Regarding discernment,
Tuesday of the 12th week in Ordinary Time – Mt 7:6, 12-14 Although brief, today’s Gospel contains a number of extremely important teachings: we can break it down into three sections: the first, regarding the warning with dogs and swine, the second, the Golden Rule, and, third, the warning about the narrow and broad gates.
