Second Sunday of Lent Give us, Lord, the courage of the cockchafer He [the Lord]  took him outside and said: “Look up at the sky and count the stars, if you can. Just so,” he added, “shall your descendants be.” Abram put his faith in… Read More »ENFS138

First Sunday of Lent The temptations in the desert Filled with the holy Spirit, Jesus returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the desert for forty days, to be tempted by the devil. He ate nothing during those days, and when they were… Read More »ENFS137

Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time The prayer in difficult situations When a sieve is shaken, the husks appear; so do a man’s faults when he speaks. As the test of what the potter molds is in the furnace, so in his conversation is the test… Read More »ENFS163

Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time From the man of flesh to the spiritual one So, too, it is written, “The first man, Adam, became a living being,” the last Adam a life-giving spirit. But the spiritual was not first; rather the natural and then the… Read More »ENFS162

Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time Christ is raised: we too will raise  But if Christ is preached as raised from the dead, how can some among you say there is no resurrection of the dead? For if the dead are not raised, neither has Christ… Read More »ENFS161

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

Friday of the Fourth Week in Ordinary Time The destiny of the witness and of the church Herod was the one who had John arrested and bound in prison on account of Herodias, the wife of his brother Philip, whom he had married. John had… Read More »ENFL148

Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time The mission is not always a success He said to them, “Today this scripture passage is fulfilled in your hearing.” And all …. were amazed at the gracious words that came from his mouth.  …. He said to them, “Surely you… Read More »ENFS159

Monday of the Third Week in Ordinary Time Fighting the temptations The scribes who had come from Jerusalem said, “He is possessed by Beelzebul,” and “By the prince of demons he drives out demons.” Summoning them, he began to speak to them in parables, “How… Read More »ENFL137

Wednesday of the First Week in Ordinary Time The grandparents in the family On leaving the synagogue he entered the house of Simon and Andrew with James and John. Simon’s mother-in-law lay sick with a fever. They immediately told him about her. He approached, grasped… Read More »ENFL126