July 3, Saturday THIRTEENTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME The gospel has some beautiful texts about St. Thomas. Not only the “My Lord and my God” after his doubt and hesitation to believe, but also “Let us too go and die with him,” and the question “Lord, we don’t know where you are going. How could […]
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July 2, Friday THIRTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME In line with the promise made by God to give the “Promised Land,” to his descendants, Abraham seeks a wife for his son Isaac from his own relatives, but without letting Isaac live in their pagan environment. For to keep his religion pure Isaac cannot take […]
July 1, Thursday THIRTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME The incident of the sacrifice of Isaac was certainly a warning against the Canaanite practice of children’s sacrifices and a call for spiritual sacrifices. On the deepest level it may very well be a test of the faith of Abraham, that God’s covenant and promise […]
June 30, Wednesday THIRTEENTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME God fulfilled at least a bit of his promise to Abraham, that in him, the families of the earth would be blessed. Ishmael, the son of the slave girl, would not inherit the promises made to Abraham, but God took pity on this outcast and […]
June 29, Tuesday Thirteenth Week in Ordinary Time Today we celebrate with joy the solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul. They are the two pillars on whom our Lord built his Church and to whom he entrusted the faith. Their own faith had been tested, when Peter denied Christ and Paul persecuted Christ in his […]
June 28, Monday THIRTEENTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME The simple narrative of Abraham interceding for sinful Sodom and Gomorra is very rich in content. 1 All nations, even these twin cities of sin, can be blessed on account of Abraham if they show just a little faith and repentance. 2. Abraham, the […]
June 27, Sunday God Is Pro-Life Two great enemies in life are death and illness. Almost every one of us is scared of them. Are we convinced that God too is pro-life, that he is an enemy of death? Even the Old Testament assures us: “Death is not of God’s making.” Jesus’ resurrection […]
June 26, Saturday TWELFTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME Our first reading in Year I speaks of the wonderful visit of God to Abraham to confirm his promise. The monk Andrei Rublev used this scene for his famous icon of the Blessed Trinity. God invites himself in our lives. […]
June 25, Friday TWELFTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME God renews his promises to Abraham. Immediately after the Sermon on the Mount, Matthew gives us a series of miracles of Jesus, the first of which is narrated in today’s Gospel, the cure of the leper. Jesus had spoken with power, now he acts with power; […]
June 24, Thursday Twelfth Week in Ordinary Time As artists have pictured John the Baptist, there are two symbols that typify him very much. One is a mouth that shouts. It is the voice crying in the wilderness, calling people to conversion. It is a voice that could not be silenced, scolding the religious leaders, […]