Wednesday of the Twenty-FirstWeek in Ordinary Time The secret of youth  “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites. You are like whitewashed tombs, which appear beautiful on the outside, but inside are full of dead men’s bones and every kind of filth. Even so,… Read More »ENFL260

Tuesday of the Twenty-FirstWeek in Ordinary Time Hypocrisy makes you blind “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites. You pay tithes of mint and dill and cumin, and have neglected the weightier things of the law: judgment and mercy and fidelity. (But) these you… Read More »ENFL259

Monday of the Twenty-FirstWeek in Ordinary Time Woe to you, hypocrites “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites. You lock the kingdom of heaven 8 before human beings. You do not enter yourselves, nor do you allow entrance to those trying to enter. “Woe… Read More »ENFL258

Twenty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time The basic choices of life Then many of his disciples who were listening said, “This saying is hard; who can accept it?” Since Jesus knew that his disciples were murmuring about this, he said to them, “Does this shock you?… Read More »ENFS113

August 24, Saint Bartholomew, Apostle The call of the Lord Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him and said of him, “Here is a true Israelite. There is no duplicity in him.” Nathanael said to him, “How do you know me?” Jesus answered and said to… Read More »ENSM024

Friday of the TwentiethWeek in Ordinary Time The love for the church  When the Pharisees heard that he had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together, and one of them [a scholar of the law] 20 tested him by asking,  “Teacher, which commandment in the law… Read More »ENFL255

Thursday of the TwentiethWeek in Ordinary Time My friend, you have no faith Jesus again in reply spoke to them in parables, saying, “The kingdom of heaven may be likened to a king who gave a wedding feast for his son. He dispatched his servants… Read More »ENFL254

Wednesday of the TwentiethWeek in Ordinary Time The work and the fair remuneration “The kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out at dawn to hire laborers for his vineyard. After agreeing with them for the usual daily wage, he sent them into… Read More »ENFL253

Tuesday of the TwentiethWeek in Ordinary Time The gift and the sharing Then Jesus said to his disciples, “Amen, I say to you, it will be hard for one who is rich to enter the kingdom of heaven. Again I say to you, it is… Read More »ENFL252

Monday of the TwentiethWeek in Ordinary Time Wealth is an obstacle to discipleship Now someone approached him and said, “Teacher, what good must I do to gain eternal life?” He answered him, ” …. If you wish to enter into life, keep the commandments.” He… Read More »ENFL251