FOURTEENTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME SENT IN POVERTY Introduction When Joseph was sold to Egyptians, he was “sent” on the mission of saving his brothers, as he realized years later. He repaid the evil his brothers had done to him with the good of saving them from famine. Jesus sends his twelve apostles […]
FOURTEENTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME PROCLAIM THE GOOD NEWS Introduction Driven by famine, the brothers of Joseph go to Egypt to buy food. Without knowing it, they meet Joseph, now ranking right after Pharaoh in the country. Jesus sends out his apostles as healers of the ills of people so that the new […]
FOURTEENTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME WRESTLING WITH GOD Introduction The mysterious wrestling of Jacob with God is typical of the wrestling of the Christians of today with themselves and with God – with God seen in the light and the obscurity of faith. Faith is indeed often a wrestling in the night with realities that […]
FOURTEENTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME OUR GOD OF THE LIVING Introduction Today’s first reading about the ladder of Jacob tells us about the continuous presence of God to those he loves. God himself is there, stooping down to people and messengers of God coming down and going up. This means that his continuous […]
Fourteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time Let Prophets Speak; Listen to Them Someone from Down Our Street Greeting (see Second Reading) It is when we are weak that we are strong in the Lord. May the strength of God’s grace be always with you. R/ And also with you. Introduction by the Celebrant Let […]
THIRTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME SAINT THOMAS Introduction The gospel has some beautiful texts about St. Thomas. Not only the “My Lord and my God” after his doubt and hesitation to believe, but also “Let us too go and die with him,” and the question “Lord, we don’t know where you are going. […]
THIRTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME NO SACRIFICES BUT JUSTICE Introduction In line with the promise made by God to give the “Promised Land,” to his descendants, Abraham seeks a wife for his son Isaac from his own relatives, but without letting Isaac live in their pagan environment. For to keep his religion pure […]
THIRTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME FAITH ON TRIAL Introduction The incident of the sacrifice of Isaac was certainly a warning against the Canaanite practice of children’s sacrifices and a call for spiritual sacrifices. On the deepest level it may very well be a test of the faith of Abraham, that God’s covenant and […]
THIRTEENTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME OUTCASTS ARE PEOPLE Introduction God fulfilled at least a bit of his promise to Abraham, that in him, the families of the earth would be blessed. Ishmael, the son of the slave girl, would not inherit the promises made to Abraham, but God took pity on this […]
Thirteenth Week in Ordinary Time PETER AND PAUL, Apostles We Are an Apostolic Church Greeting (See Second Reading) May the Lord stand by you and give you power. May he rescue you from all evil and bring you safely to his kingdom. May he always be with you. R/ And also with you. […]