Monday of the 6th Week in Ordinary Time – Mk 8:11-13 Today’s brief Gospel is only three verses long, but it gives us some great insights into Christ’s mission. In the passage that immediately precedes today’s Gospel, Jesus fed about 4,000 people from seven loaves and a few fish. This is clearly a miracle, […]
Sixth Sunday of Ordinary Time – Year A Sir 15:15-20; Ps 119:1-2, 4-5, 17-18, 33-34; 1 Cor 2:6-10; Mt 5:17-37 In today’s 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. To understand what He means, we can
Saturday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time – Mt 8:1-10 In today’s Gospel, we heard Jesus say “My heart is moved with pity for the crowd.” That word for pity is a very powerful one: the word literally comes from “splanxna, ‘the inward parts,’ the heart, lungs, liver, and kidneys,” the guts.[1] In
Friday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time – Mk 7:31-37 It’s a fact that we tend to remember things better when they stand out or are quite different from the norm. It’s really no wonder, then, that the miracle recounted in today’s Gospel should stick out in Mark’s memory. Jesus does three things
Thursday of the Fifth Week of Ordinary Time – Mk 7:24-30 Today’s Gospel recounts the healing of the Syrophoenician woman’s daughter, or, better said, the encounter between the woman and Christ, since the healing is mentioned only at the very end. There are three things that call our attention about the dialogue: first, the woman’s
Wednesday of the Fifth Week of Ordinary Time – Mk 7:14-23 Today’s Gospel makes us think about what we eat. Way back in the beginning, in the book of Genesis, there was only one dietary restriction for man; there was only one food that could defile him, and it was the fruit of the “tree
Tuesday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time – Mk 7:1-13 In today’s Gospel, Jesus comes openly into conflict with the scribes and Pharisees. This band had come up to Gennesaret from Jerusalem, over 100 miles away, and it seems their sole purpose was to spy on and complain about Jesus. When they question Jesus
Monday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time – First option – Mk 6:53-56 “They begged Jesus that they might touch only the tassel on His cloak” (Mk 6:56). If we meditate on the request of the citizens of Gennesaret, there are two truths that emerge. First, notice that, out of all the things the
Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time – Year A – Is 58:7-10; Ps 112:4-9; 1 Cor 2:1-5; Mt 5:13-16 Today’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
Saturday of the Fourth Week in Ordinary Time In today’s Gospel, we see Jesus revealing His Mercy as He calls the Apostles and tells them to “come away by themselves.” We can reflect on how this is borne out in our lives: how do we “go off with Jesus”? Jesus calls the apostles to Himself
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