Saturday of 6th Week in Ordinary Time On the Mountain of Glory Alarmed by the evil done to the Christian community by false teachers, James warns against the dangers of falsehood. This warning is valid today when words are so much manipulated to deceive and disguise. After he has announced his coming suffering and […]
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Friday of 6th Week in Ordinary Time Faith Demands Deeds Today, we have in the first reading one of the most important passages of James: faith demands commitment – or, as Jesus will say in the Gospel, consistent discipleship. “Faith without works is a dead faith,” a mere belief in theoretical tenets. Sometimes, James […]
Thursday of 6th Week in Ordinary Time Equals Before God Our constant temptation is to look up to people in positions of power, wealth, influence, and to disregard the poor and the weak and to discriminate against them and also against half of humanity-women. It demands courage to associate with the poor and to […]
Tuesday of 6th Week in Ordinary Time True Worship James tells us that if we believe in a message of life and hope, real faith and real worship of God consist in doing what we believe in, and in reflecting in our attitude and deeds God’s love for us by being concerned about people […]
Tuesday of 6th Week in Ordinary Time Use Your Eyes and Ears! James calls blessed those who resist the test of temptations. But temptations do not come from God but from the concupiscence within ourselves. From God comes all good gifts. The theme of yesterday is continued in today’s reading. We should not ask […]
Monday of 6th Week in Ordinary Time STS. CYRIL, Monk & METHODIUS, Bishop, Missionaries The liturgy celebrates today two great missionaries from the Eastern Church, the monk Cyril and his brother, Methodius, bishop. Born in Thessalonica in Greece, they evangelized the Bulgarians, Moravians and Bohemians in the 9th Century. They created the Slavonic (Slavic) […]
SIXTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Those Whom God Makes Happy People who have everything they need, or have what they think they need, are not easily open to God, or even to other people. On the other hand, people in difficulties are generally more open to others, receptive to help and love from God […]
Saturday of 5th Week in Ordinary Time Bread for the Hungry The first reading describes the efforts of king Jeroboam to strengthen the political separation of the northern tribes of Israel by adding to it a religious separation. Jesus, on the other hand, brings people together and gives them something to eat when they […]
Friday of 5th Week in Ordinary Time OUR LADY OF LOURDES, Optional Memorial World Day of the Sick On February 11, 1858, our Lady appeared at Lourdes to a simple girl, Bernadette Soubirous. Since then millions of pilgrims have flocked to this town and have experienced there a renewal of their faith and for […]
Thursday of 5th Week in Ordinary Time SCHOLASTICA, Virgin, Religious Not much is known about St Scholastica, the sister of the great St. Benedict, in whose shadow she lived. Dedicating her virginity to God, she first lived a life of prayer at home, then stayed near her brother at Subiaco, then Monte Cassino, until […]