Tuesday of 4th Week in Ordinary Time Power Went Out From Him   Introduction Absalom is defeated and killed. The victory of the king’s army turns into a party of mourning, for notwithstanding Absalom’s rebellion, David still loved him very ...
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Wednesday of 4th Week in Ordinary Time PRESENTATION OF THE LORD   We follow Christ Our Light Greetings (See Second Reading) Jesus shared the same flesh and blood than we So that he could become completely Like his brothers and ...
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Thursday of 4th Week in Ordinary Time Poor and Free for the Gospel   Introduction The core of today’s first reading is an interpolation by a later biblical author on fidelity: the king embodies the people and faithfulness to the ...
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  Friday of 4th Week in Ordinary Time Two Great Persons                 Introduction After we have heard in recent days the story of King David, Jesus Ben Sirach reinterprets for his time the personality of David: a valiant king whose ...
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  Saturday of 4th Week in Ordinary Time  AGATHA, VIRGIN and MARTYR   Introduction St. Agatha, “the good one,” patroness of Sicily, refused marriage to dedicate herself to her fellow Christians by doing diaconal work at a time of persecution, ...
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  FIFTH SUNDAY of ORDINARY TIME We Are Called and Sent The Rich Word of God Greeting (See Second Reading) By God’s grace we are what we are. May his grace not remain fruitless in us. What matters is that ...
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  Monday of 5th Week in Ordinary Time A God So Near We Can Touch   Introduction The first reading describes the dedication of the Temple built by King Solomon. God comes to take possession of his temple. It was ...
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  Tuesday of 5th Week in Ordinary Time The Temple is for People   Introduction At the dedication of the Temple of Jerusalem, King Solomon prayed to the Lord. He asked God to be always present in the temple for ...
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  Wednesday of 5th Week in Ordinary Time Pure and Sincere Hearts          Introduction The Old Testament heaps praise on Solomon as the typical wise man, who understood the meaning of life, of the world, of right and wrong. People ...
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  Thursday of 5th Week in Ordinary Time SCHOLASTICA, Virgin, Religious             Introduction 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 ...
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  Friday of 5th Week in Ordinary Time OUR LADY OF LOURDES,               World Day of the Sick Optional Memorial   Introduction On February 11, 1858, our Lady appeared at Lourdes to a simple girl, Bernadette Soubirous. Since then ...
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  Saturday of 5th Week in Ordinary Time Bread for the Hungry   Introduction 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 ...
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SIXTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Those Whom God Makes Happy God Is with the Poor Greeting (See First Reading) Blessing on you who recognize your poverty and therefore put your trust in the Lord; blessing on you when the Lord ...
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 Monday of 6th Week in Ordinary Time  STS. CYRIL, Monk & METHODIUS,  Bishop, Missionaries       Introduction The liturgy celebrates today two great missionaries from the Eastern Church, the monk Cyril and his brother, Methodius, bishop. Born in Thessalonica in Greece, ...
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Tuesday of 6th Week in Ordinary Time Use Your Eyes and Ears!   Introduction 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 ...
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Tuesday of 6th Week in Ordinary Time  True Worship   Introduction 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 ...
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Thursday of 6th Week in Ordinary Time  Equals Before God                                         Introduction 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 ...
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Friday of 6th Week in Ordinary Time  Faith Demands Deeds                        Introduction 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 ...
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Saturday of 6th Week in Ordinary Time On the Mountain of Glory                                         Introduction 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 ...
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SEVENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Love Even Your Enemies   Greeting (See 2 Cor 5:18) It was God who reconciled us to himself in Christ and gave us the work of handing on this reconciliation. May the forgiving Lord be ...
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Monday of 7th Week in Ordinary Time Healing and Raising Up                                              Introduction In his letter, James presents to the faithful rules of Christian moral living as an expression of the true wisdom of faith. Jesus heals a man who ...
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PETER’S CHAIR, Feast   Introduction The liturgy celebrates today not so much that Peter was the bishop of Rome than what his function is. In answer to Peter’s profession of faith, Jesus appoints him the Rock on which the Church ...
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Wednesday of 7th Week in Ordinary Time POLYCARP OF SMYRNA   Introduction St Polycarp of Smyrna was a disciple of John the Evangelist and one of the most renowned of the early bishops of Asia. He died a martyr at ...
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Thursday of 7th Week in Ordinary Time Protect the Weak                                           Introduction James resorts to the vehement invective of the prophets against the rich who exploit the poor, though there must have been few really rich in the early Christian ...
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Friday of 7th Week in Ordinary Time Joined Together By God                                     Introduction James gives practical advice. We have to wait in patience for the coming of the Lord, and also be patient with one another. Then, we should be ...
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  Saturday of 7th Week in Ordinary Time  Is Anyone Sick Among You? Introduction           James gives us today his famous text on anointing the sick. The sick person is the responsibility of the community. “I was sick ...
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  EIGHTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME The Splinter in Your Eye   Greeting (See Second Reading) Let us thank God for giving the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. May the Risen Lord Jesus be always with you. R/ And ...
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Monday of 8th Week in Ordinary Time Not Willing to Pay the Price                                      Introduction The first letter of Peter was written in Rome and addressed to non-Jewish Christians of the Asian region. The assistance of a secretary ...
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