Thursday of the Sixth Week in Ordinary Time Confession of Peter  Now Jesus and his disciples set out for the villages of Caesarea Philippi. Along the way he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that I am?” They said in reply, “John the Baptist,… Read More »ENFL161

Wednesday of the Sixth Week in Ordinary Time Why we slowly understand When they arrived at Bethsaida, they brought to him a blind man and begged him to touch him. He took the blind man by the hand and led him outside the village. Putting… Read More »ENFL160

February 14, Saint Cyril, Monk, and Saint Methodius, Bishop To evangelize yesterday and today How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him who brings glad tidings, Announcing peace, bearing good news, announcing salvation, and saying to Zion, “Your God is King!” Is 52,7… Read More »ENSM004

Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time The communication “Again you have heard that it was said to your ancestors, ‘Do not take a false oath, but make good to the Lord all that you vow.’ But I say to you, do not swear at all; not… Read More »ENFS035

Thursday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time The man and the woman                                                                The Lord God said: “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a suitable partner for him.”So the Lord God formed out of the ground various wild… Read More »ENFL154

Wednesday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time The creation of the man and the ecology At the time when the Lord God made the earth and the heavens – while as yet there was no field shrub on earth and no grass of the… Read More »ENFL152

Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time To be salt and light “You are the salt of the earth. But if salt loses its taste, with what can it be seasoned? It is no longer good for anything but to be thrown out and trampled underfoot. You… Read More »ENFS034

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

Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time The man poor in his spirit When he saw the crowds, he went up the mountain, and after he had sat down, his disciples came to him. He began to teach them, saying: “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for… Read More »ENFS033