Category Archives: Daily Liturgy

TWENTY-FIFTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME IN SEARCH OF MEANING   Introduction       The Edict of Darius let the Jewish exiles return to Jerusalem. Much reconstruction was waiting for them, but those who had remained in the land feared to be dispossessed of the land they had occupied in the meantime. The prophet Haggai reprimanded the returnees […]

TWENTY-FIFTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME SENT IN POVERTY   Introduction       In his prayer of penance Ezra focuses his attention more on the goodness of God and his constant forgiveness notwithstanding the infidelities of his people, rather than on people’s sinfulness. Sin should make us turn to God in humility rather than make us withdraw within […]

TWENTY-FIFTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME MATTHEW, Apostle, Evangelist   Introduction From a despised tax-collector, appraised no higher than a public sinner or a pagan, Matthew becomes an apostle. He is living proof that Jesus came to call sinners. And among the apostles he is one of the two who witnessed to Christ not only with […]

TWENTY-FIFTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME WITNESSING TO THE LORD   Introduction       With the proclamation of Cyrus, king of Persia, who freed the exiles, the Jews could return to Jerusalem to rebuild the Temple, sign of God’s presence, and to become the community of God’s people. Thus they themselves would be a living temple given the […]

Twenty-Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time   Who Is the Greatest? And A Child Shall Lead Them   Greeting (see Responsorial Psalm) We have God for our help. The Lord upholds our life. May the Lord Jesus be always with you. R/ And also with you.   Introduction by the Celebrant Who Is the Greatest? “We are […]

TWENTY-FOURTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME THE SEED OF THE WORD   Introduction  At the end of his letter, Paul gives as a program of life to Timothy to remain faithful to the Lord Jesus Christ. We hear today Luke’s version of the parable of the seed. In Jesus’ original intent, it pictured the difficult growth […]

TWENTY-FOURTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME COMPANIONS ALL   Introduction       In today’s first reading Paul gives a summary of his first letter to Timothy and blames the false teachers who cause difficulties in the community. Most of the time they sow dissent by disputes about words and interminable discussions.       Luke is the evangelist who describes the […]

TWENTY-FOURTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME FORGIVING ENCOUNTER     Introduction       In antiquity, maturity was supposed to come not earlier than the age of fifty. Timothy must have been about thirty only when Paul wrote his first letter to him. Paul advises him to develop the charisma he had received at his ordination, through the imposition of […]

TWENTY-FOURTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME HOUSE OF THE LIVING GOD   Introduction       We hear today the core of St Paul’s first letter to Timothy. The Church is the community of the living God that makes Christ visible to the world. At a time when Christians had no temples or churches, he speaks of the living […]

TWENTY-FOURTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME TRIUMPH OF THE CROSS             The Cross Brings Life   Greeting Praise to God our Father, who loved us so much that he gave us his only Son, so that all who believe in him may have eternal life. May Jesus fill us with his life and be always with […]