Monday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time To touch Jesus and the mystery of the life After making the crossing, they came to land at Gennesaret and tied up there. As they were leaving the boat, people immediately recognized him. They scurried about the… Read More »ENFL150

Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time The spirit of the evangelizer While the crowd was pressing in on Jesus and listening to the word of God, he was standing by the Lake of Gennesaret. He saw two boats there alongside the lake; the fishermen had disembarked… Read More »ENFS160

Saturday of the Fourth Week in Ordinary Time The need of the desert The apostles gathered together with Jesus and reported all they had done and taught. He said to them, “Come away by yourselves to a deserted place and rest a while.” People were… Read More »ENFL149

Friday of the Fourth Week in Ordinary Time The welcome and the angels  Let mutual love continue. Do not neglect hospitality, for through it some have unknowingly entertained angels. Be mindful of prisoners as if sharing their imprisonment, and of the ill-treated as of yourselves,… Read More »ENFL147

Thursday of the Fourth Week in Ordinary Time The announcement, being on the road He summoned the Twelve and began to send them out two by two and gave them authority over unclean spirits. He instructed them to take nothing for the journey but a walking… Read More »ENFL146

Wednesday of the Fourth Week in Ordinary Time No one is prophet in his homeland  He departed from there and came to his native place ….When the sabbath came he began to teach in the synagogue, and many who heard him were astonished. They said,… Read More »ENFL145

Tuesday of the Fourth Week in Ordinary Time The three levels of the faith One of the synagogue officials, named Jairus, came forward. Seeing him he fell at his feet and pleaded earnestly with him, saying, “My daughter is at the point of death. Please,… Read More »ENFL144

Monday of the Fourth Week in Ordinary Time The fulcrum of the prayer  They came to the other side  he sea, to the territory of the Gerasenes. When he got out of the boat, at once a man  from the tombs who had an unclean… Read More »ENFL143

February 2, The Presentation of the Lord The Candlemas When the days were completed for their purification  according to the law of Moses, they took him up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord ….  Now there was a man in Jerusalem whose name… Read More »ENSM003

Saturday of the Third Week in Ordinary Time The personal and social value of the faith  On that day, as evening drew on, he said to them, “Let us cross to the other side.” Leaving the crowd, they took him with them in the boat… Read More »ENFL142