September 1, Wednesday TWENTY-SECOND WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME Paul thanks God and the Colossians that the good news of Jesus Christ has taken root among the Colossians and is spreading all over the Roman world. Jesus has preached his message of hope in the lake town of Capernaum and confirmed it by liberating the […]
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TWENTY- SECOND WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME August 31, Tuesday Don’t you worry when the end time will come, Paul tell his Thessalonians. There is nothing to fear, just be always ready for the Lord’s coming. The people and Jesus’ own disciples were often struck by the authority of Jesus. Here was someone higher than […]
TWENTY – SECOND WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME August 30, Monday In today’s first reading Paul calms the fears of the Christian community of Thessalonica. They are expecting the return of Christ soon, in their very lifetime. Now, what about the Christians who have died before the Parousia, are they lost? No, says Paul, this […]
TWENTY-SECOND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME August 29, Sunday How do you experience laws, especially God’s commandments? Many people consider them as something coming from outside themselves, as burdens imposed on them. Of course, if they are outside you, you cannot love them, you feel like rejecting them or observe only the absolute minimum required. […]
TWENTY- FIRST WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME August 28, Saturday Paul gives his Thessalonians two recommendation to promote mutual love: work for your livelihood and do not over depend on others. Then, remain calm, wait for the Lord’s coming in faith and hope, without fear. In today’s parable of the talents, Jesus speaks of what […]
TWENTY- FIRST WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME August 27, Friday In the first reading Paul admonishes the Thessalonians to journey to God in right moral living. In this passage he stresses purity, as impurity was typically a pagan vice. Christianity is not in the first place a morality, but moral living in accordance with the […]
TWENTY – FIRST WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME August 26, Thursday In the first reading, Paul congratulates the Christians of Thessalonica for their loyalty to the Lord and asks them to hold on to the faith and to have world-wide charity, so as to be prepared for the Lord’s coming. Especially to the leaders of […]
TWENTY-FIRST WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME August 25, Wednesday Happy are we if we can say with St Paul that we have done nothing to please people but that our only aim is to please God and to care tenderly for people. We probably agree with Jesus’ strong condemnation of the hypocrisy of the Pharisees. […]
TWENTY- FIRST WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME August 24, Tuesday It is quite likely that Nathaniel of today’s gospel is the same person as the apostle Bartholomew. If so, he was an open and honest man, “in whom there was no deceit,” as Jesus said. First Reading: Revelation 21:9b-14 One of the Seven Angels who […]
TWENTY- FIRST WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME August 23, Monday The very reason why we are together here is that we believe in God and his Son Jesus Christ, that through the Holy Spirit we hope in the promises of God our Father and in the future to which Christ leads us, that we are […]