Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time Time to set the sails For I am already being poured out like a libation, and the time of my departure is at hand. I have competed well; I have finished the race; I have kept the faith. From now… Read More »ENFS185

Twenty-NinthSunday in Ordinary Time Old people’s prayer is a gift At Rephidim, Amalek came and waged war against Israel. Moses, therefore, said to Joshua, “Pick out certain men, and tomorrow go out and engage Amalek in battle. I will be standing on top of the… Read More »ENFS184

Friday of the Twenty-EighthWeek in Ordinary Time The battle against the sin Meanwhile, so many people were crowding together that they were trampling one another underfoot. He began to speak, first to his disciples, “Beware of the leaven–that is, the hypocrisy–of the Pharisees. “There is… Read More »ENFL314

Twenty-EighthSunday in Ordinary Time Let’s remember Jesus Christ Remember Jesus Christ, raised from the dead, a descendant of David: such is my gospel, for which I am suffering, even to the point of chains, like a criminal. But the word of God is not chained.… Read More »ENFS183

Twenty-Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time Truth will out  How long, O Lord? I cry for help but you do not listen! I cry out to you, “Violence!” but you do not intervene. Why do you let me see ruin; why must I look at misery?… Read More »ENFS182

Twenty-SixthSunday in Ordinary Time Europe first, now Asia, later Africa Woe to the complacent in Zion, to the overconfident on the mount of Samaria, Lying upon beds of ivory, stretched comfortably on their couches, They eat lambs taken from the flock, and calves from the… Read More »ENFS181

Saturday of the Twenty-Fourth Week in Ordinary Time Jesus enlightens the mystery [Jesus] spoke in a parable. “A sower went out to sow his seed. And as he sowed, some seed fell on the path and was trampled, and the birds of the sky ate… Read More »ENFL286

Twenty-Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time Salvation is individual So to them he [Jesus] addressed this parable. “What man among you having a hundred sheep and losing one of them would not leave the ninety-nine in the desert and go after the lost one until he  … Read More »ENFS179

Monday of the Twenty-Third Week in Ordinary Time Our respectability is garbage On another sabbath he went into the synagogue and taught, and there was a man there whose right hand was withered. The scribes and the Pharisees watched him closely to see if he… Read More »ENFL272

Twenty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time Communion of faith and human relationships I rather urge you out of love, being as I am, Paul, an old man, and now also a prisoner for Christ Jesus. I urge you on behalf of my child Onesimus, whose father I… Read More »ENFS178