Friday of the Twenty-NinthWeek in Ordinary Time The memory and the vigilance   He also said to the crowds, “When you see (a) cloud rising in the west you say immediately that it is going to rain–and so it does; and when you notice that the… Read More »ENFL320

Twenty-NinthSunday in Ordinary Time The tribute to Caesar Then the Pharisees went off and plotted how they might entrap him in speech. They sent their disciples to him, with the Herodians, saying, “Teacher, we know that you are a truthful man and that you teach… Read More »ENFS058

Tuesday of the Twenty-EighthWeek in Ordinary Time To worship God in order to understand For I am not ashamed of the gospel. It is the power of God for the salvation of everyone who believes: for Jew first, and then Greek. For in it is… Read More »ENFL310

Twenty-SeventhSunday in Ordinary Time Do not worry for nothing Have no anxiety at all, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, make your requests known to God. Then the peace of God that surpasses all understanding will guard your hearts and minds in… Read More »ENFS056

Friday of the Twenty-SixthWeek in Ordinary Time The West is in the twilight “Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the mighty deeds done in your midst had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would long ago have repented, sitting in… Read More »ENFL301

Monday of the Twenty-SixthWeek in Ordinary Time The church of Jerusalem  This word of the Lord of hosts came … Thus says the Lord: I will return to Zion, and I will dwell within Jerusalem; Jerusalem shall be called the faithful city … Old men… Read More »ENFL295

Twenty-SixthSunday in Ordinary Time The greatness of the humility Have among yourselves the same attitude that is also yours in Christ Jesus, Who, though he was in the form of God, did not regard equality with God something to be grasped. Rather, he emptied himself,… Read More »ENFS055

September 29, Saint Michael, Saint Gabriel, and Saint Raphael, Archangels The battles are won in the sky  Then war broke out in heaven; Michael and his angels battled against the dragon. The dragon and its angels fought back, but they did not prevail and there… Read More »ENSM030

Monday of the Twenty-FifthWeek in Ordinary Time The joy of the veterans  When the Lord restored the fortunes of Zion, then we thought we were dreaming. Our mouths were filled with laughter; our tongues sang for joy. Then it was said among the nations, “The… Read More »ENFL287

Twenty-FifthSunday in Ordinary Time The right wage “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 his vineyard. Going out about nine… Read More »ENFS054