October 26th, 2022 – Wednesday of the Thirtieth Week of Ordinary Time Today’s beautiful, yet dense, Gospel, presents us with plenty of food for thought regarding the way we live our lives and follow Christ. There are three things we can consider: first, the question posed to Jesus, second, His reply, and third, the analogy […]
October 25th, 2022 – Tuesday of the Thirtieth Week in Ordinary Time In today’s brief Gospel, Jesus compares the Kingdom of God to a mustard seed and to yeast. Both Matthew (13:33) and Luke recount these two parables; Matthew emphasizes more the small beginnings, and Luke focuses more on the greatness of the effects. In
October 24th, 2022 – Monday of the Thirtieth Week in Ordinary Time There are three details that call our attention about today’s Gospel: the first two tell us what it means to really be a child of God and the third, what it means to be a child of darkness. First, we’re told that the
Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time October 22nd/23rd, 2022 – Lk 18:9-14 Dear brothers and sisters, today the Church presents us with Our Lord’s words about the importance of humility and its intimate connection with prayer. Humility is one of the most important and fundamental virtues in the spiritual life. According to one tradition, Saint Bernard
Saint John Paul II – 2022 Today, we celebrate the feast of Saint John Paul the Second. As we know, his feast falls on October 22nd, which is the day that he began his Petrine ministry. However, he had actually been elected the week before, on the evening of October 16th. The question arises, then:
Friday of the Twenty-ninth Week in Ordinary Time October 21st, 2022 – Lk 12:54-59 In today’s Gospel Jesus harshly rebukes the crowds because they are ignorant of the signs of the times. They were accustomed to reading the skies, and knowing what the weather would be like; on this depended the worldly livelihood of
October 20th, 2022 – Thursday of the Twenty-ninth Week in Ordinary Time (1) In today’s Gospel, in the midst of telling His listeners about the need to be prepared for God’s coming, Christ seems to suddenly change topics, announcing: “I have come to set the earth on fire, and how I wish it were
Wednesday of the Twenty-ninth Week in Ordinary Time: Memorial of Saints John de Brébeuf and Isaac Jogues, Priests, and Companions, Martyrs October 19th, 2022 – Lk 12:13-21 Today we celebrate the memorial of Saints John de Brébeuf, Isaac Jogues, and their companions. These two, John and Isaac, are known as accomplished, model missionaries. De Brébeuf,
Saint Luke – October 18th, 2022 Today we celebrate the feast of Saint Luke, the evangelist, who authored the Gospel that bears his name, as well as the Acts of the Apostles. Tradition holds that Luke was a physician, a fact attested to not only by a passage from Paul’s letter to the Colossians, where
October 17th, 2022 – Saint Ignatius of Antioch (Monday of the Twenty-ninth Week in Ordinary Time) In today’s Gospel, Jesus not only warns us about the dangers of greed, but also explains to us the need to trust in God. The Gospel narrative begins with a request that Jesus intervene in a family dispute; historically,
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