Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time The priest’s ministry   Every high priest is taken from among men and made their representative before God, to offer gifts and sacrifices for sins. He is able to deal patiently  with the ignorant and erring, for he himself is beset… Read More »ENFS122 

Saturday of the Twenty-NinthWeek in Ordinary Time The workers of the Lord And he told them this parable: “There once was a person who had a fig tree planted in his orchard, and when he came in search of fruit on it but found none,… Read More »ENFL321

Monday of the Thirty-FourthWeek in Ordinary Time The teaching of the widow When he looked up he saw some wealthy people putting their offerings into the treasury and he noticed a poor widow putting in two small coins. He said, “I tell you truly, this… Read More »ENFL351

Thursday of the Twenty-NinthWeek in Ordinary Time Sharing the Lord in the family  “I have come to set the earth on fire, and how I wish it were already blazing! There is a baptism with which I must be baptized, and how great is my… Read More »ENFL319

Wednesday of the Twenty-NinthWeek in Ordinary Time The talents and the project Be sure of this: if the master of the house had known the hour when the thief was coming, he would not have let his house be broken into. You also must be… Read More »ENFL318

Tuesday of the Twenty-NinthWeek in Ordinary Time Waiting in the vigilance  “Gird your loins and light your lamps and be like servants who await their master’s return from a wedding, ready to open immediately when he comes and knocks. Blessed are those servants whom the… Read More »ENFL317

Monday of the Twenty-NinthWeek in Ordinary Time The cycle of the life Then he told them a parable. “There was a rich man whose land produced a bountiful harvest. He asked himself, ‘What shall I do, for I do not have space to store my… Read More »ENFL316

Twenty-NinthSunday in Ordinary Time To follow the Lord by limping   Then James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came to him and said to him, “Teacher, we want you to do for us whatever we ask of you.” He replied, “What do you wish (me)… Read More »ENFS121

Saturday of the Twenty-EighthWeek in Ordinary Time The blasphemy against the Holy Spirit   I tell you, everyone who acknowledges me before others the Son of Man will acknowledge before the angels of God. But whoever denies me before others will be denied before the angels… Read More »ENFL315

October 18, Saint Luke, Evangelist Life of mission  for Demas … deserted me … went to Thessalonica, Crescens to Galatia, and Titus to Dalmatia. Luke is the only one with me. Get Mark and bring him with you … have sent Tychicus to Ephesus …… Read More »ENSM032