First Sunday of Advent To be vigilant not to lose the route “Beware that your hearts do not become drowsy from carousing and drunkenness and the anxieties of daily life, and that day catch you by surprise like a trap. For that day will assault… Read More »ENFS127

November 30, Saint Andrew, Apostle To evangelize is to live For, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For one believes with the heart and so… Read More »ENSM037

Friday of the Thirty-FirstWeek in Ordinary Time The praise of the shrewdness  Then he also said to his disciples, “A rich man had a steward who was reported to him for squandering his property. He summoned him and said, ‘What is this I hear about… Read More »ENFL335

Thursday of the Thirty-FourthWeek in Ordinary Time Our final liberation “When you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, know that its desolation is at hand. Then those in Judea must flee to the mountains. Let those within the city escape from it, and let those in… Read More »ENFL354

Friday of the Thirty-ThirdWeek in Ordinary Time The merchants in the temple  Then Jesus entered the temple area and proceeded to drive out those who were selling things, saying to them, “It is written, ‘My house shall be a house of prayer, but you have… Read More »ENFL349

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