Thursday of the Thirty-ThirdWeek in Ordinary Time The devil always destroys As he drew near, he saw the city and wept over it, saying, “If this day you only knew what makes for peace–but now it is hidden from your eyes. For the days are… Read More »ENFL348

Wednesday of the Thirty-ThirdWeek in Ordinary Time Where to trade the talent   So he [Jesus] said, “A nobleman went off to a distant country … He called ten of his servants and gave them ten gold coins and told them, ‘Engage in trade with these… Read More »ENFL347

Tuesday of the Thirty-ThirdWeek in Ordinary Time To be sycamores He came to Jericho and intended to pass through the town. Now a man there named Zacchaeus, who was a chief tax collector and also a wealthy man, was seeking to see who Jesus was;… Read More »ENFL346

Monday of the Thirty-Third  Week in Ordinary Time The russian Pilgrim  Now as he approached Jericho a blind man was sitting by the roadside begging, and hearing a  crowd going by, he inquired what was happening. They told him, “Jesus of Nazareth is passing by.”… Read More »ENFL345

Thirty-Third  Sunday in Ordinary Time Meditations on the end of the times  “But in those days after that tribulation the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light, and the stars will be falling from the sky, and the powers in… Read More »ENFS125

Saturday of the Thirty-SecondWeek in Ordinary Time The need to pray  Then he told them a parable about the necessity for them to pray always without becoming weary. He said, “There was a judge in a certain town who neither feared God nor respected any… Read More »ENFL343

Friday of the Thirty-SecondWeek in Ordinary Time It is time to watch As it was in the days of Noah, so it will be in the days of the Son of Man; they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage up to the… Read More »ENFL342

Thursday of the Thirty-SecondWeek in Ordinary Time The kingdom of God is already here  Asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, he said in reply, “The coming of the kingdom of God cannot be observed, and no one will announce, ‘Look,… Read More »ENFL341

Wednesday of the Thirty-Second  Week in Ordinary Time  From the miracles to the conversion As he continued his journey to Jerusalem, he traveled through Samaria and Galilee. As he was entering a village, ten lepers met (him). They stood at a distance from him and… Read More »ENFL340

Tuesday of the Thirty-SecondWeek in Ordinary Time We are useless servants “Who among you would say to your servant who has just come in from plowing or tending sheep in the field, ‘Come here   immediately and take your place at table’? Would he not rather… Read More »ENFL339