September 21, Tuesday TWENTY-FIFTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME 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 […]
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September 20, Monday TWENTY-FIFTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME 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 task of […]
Twenty-Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time Who Is the Greatest? “We are the greatest, the mightiest, the strongest nation on earth,” say the politicians. “I am the greatest of all time,” says the boxer. “I am the boss, and you do what I say,” says the manager. “I am stronger than you,” says the schoolboy. “Anyone […]
TWENTY-FOURTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME THE SEED OF THE WORD 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 of […]
September 17, Friday TWENTY-FOURTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME 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 […]
September 16, Thursday TWENTY-FOURTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME 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 […]
HOUSE OF THE LIVING GOD TWENTY-FOURTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME 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 […]
September 14, Tuesday TWENTY-FOURTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME Jesus keeps reminding us in the gospels that being his disciple is something not to be taken lightly, for to be a disciple means to be one who follows the master. So the disciple has to face the cross, just as Jesus had to face […]
September 13, Monday TWENTY-FOURTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME Paul urges Christians through Timothy to be mediators by our supplications, prayers and intercessions for all of humankind. The basis is that Christ is the one mediator between God and humanity and God wants all to be saved and come to the knowledge of the truth. How […]
September 12, Sunday Twenty-Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time What are we looking for in life? Good health, happiness in our families, in our job, in our faith, good relationships with ourselves, with people and with God. When Jesus tells us today that we have to follow him in taking up the crosses that come […]