July 23, Friday SIXTEENTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME “I am the Lord your God. I brought you… out of the house of slavery.” These opening words of the commandments mark the meaning that the Old Testament gave to God’s commandments. They are the charter of fidelity for us, God’s partners, to the God of […]
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July 22, Thursday Sixteenth Week in Ordinary Time Contrary to popular belief, which is based on a rather late “tradition” in the West only, Mary Magdalene is not the sinful woman described in Luke 7. We know that she was from Magdala and had been cured by the Lord. She became an eager and […]
July 21, Wednesday SIXTEENTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME It is quite likely that the delicious manna was not as plentiful and frequent as the epic description of Exodus seems to imply. But the authors bring out its theological meaning. When food is scarce and always the same, when the Hebrews cry out for the false […]
July 20, Tuesday SIXTEENTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME In epic style and with a superabundance of poetic detail, the authors of Exodus write down, centuries after the events themselves, the realization that God himself had saved his people. The waters of the Sea of Reeds engulfed slavery and marked the beginning of freedom in […]
July 19, Monday SIXTEENTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME As soon as their faith makes demands on them, as soon as they don’t see clear, the Hebrews complain and would choose slavery in Egypt rather than a difficult march through the desert to freedom. They don’t trust yet in God. They want signs of God’s […]
July 18, Sunday sixteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time What a pity if our world would become so heartless as to do away with compassion, with pity! We hear today’s Good News that God cares for us with a love deeper and even more tender than that of a mother for the child to which she […]
July 17, Saturday FIFTEENTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME In the first reading, we hear how the people of God start its march to a land of their own where they can serve God in freedom and be the living kingdom of God: the Promised Land. But the journey will be long, slow-paced, marked with sufferings, […]
July 16, Friday FIFTEENTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME When God brought punishing plagues on the Egyptians for oppressing his people, he saved the Hebrew families, which had eaten the paschal lamb and smeared its blood on the door posts. Christ communicates his salvation to us in the Eucharist, the new Passover meal. Here he […]
July 15, Thursday FIFTEENTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME We pay special attention today to the first reading, in which God reveals his name to Moses. God is he who is, he who is beyond any name, but who will also be known by what he does for his people, the God who told Moses: […]
July 14, Wednesday FIFTEENTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME God reveals himself as “the one who is there for you,” for his people. God created people free. When people rob themselves or others from their freedom, God’s love is wounded. For God is totally committed to people, to their struggles and sufferings, to their precious freedom. […]