Wednesday of the Thirty-First  Week in Ordinary Time How to follow Jesus   Great crowds were traveling with him, and he turned and addressed them, “If any one comes to me without hating his father  and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, and even his… Read More »ENFL333

Tuesday of the Thirty-First  Week in Ordinary Time We are all missionaries  One of his fellow guests on hearing this said to him, “Blessed is the one who will dine in the kingdom of God.” He replied to him, “A man gave a great dinner… Read More »ENFL332

Monday of the Thirty-First  Week in Ordinary Time The merrymaking with the poor people  Then he said to the host who invited him, “When you hold a lunch or a dinner, do not invite your friends or your brothers or your relatives or your wealthy… Read More »ENFL331

Thirty-First  Sunday in Ordinary Time Hymns of praise and thanksgiving David ….  sang to the Lord the words of this song after the Lord had rescued him from the clutches of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul. He said: I love you,… Read More »ENFS123

November 2, The Commemoration of all the Departed Faithful The final resurrection Then Job answered and said:  Oh, would that my words were written down! Would that they were inscribed in a record: That with an iron chisel and with lead they were cut in… Read More »ENSM035

November 1, All Saints The saints and the beatitudes  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 theirs is… Read More »ENSM034

Thursday of the ThirtiethWeek in Ordinary Time The gifts of God are irrevocable At that time some Pharisees came to him and said, “Go away, leave this area because Herod wants to kill you.” He replied, “Go and tell that fox, ‘Behold, I cast out… Read More »ENFL327

Wednesday of the ThirtiethWeek in Ordinary Time The two doors  He passed through towns and villages, teaching as he went and making his way to Jerusalem. Someone asked him, “Lord, will only a few people be saved?” He answered them, “Strive to enter through the… Read More »ENFL325

Tuesday of the Thirtieth Week in Ordinary Time Growing together  Then he said, “What is the kingdom of God like? To what can I compare it? It is like a mustard seed that a person took and planted in the garden. When it was fully… Read More »ENFL324

October 28, Saint Simon and Saint Jude, Apostles The joy of the witness So then you are no longer strangers and sojourners, but you are fellow citizens with the holy ones and members of the household of God, built upon the foundation of the apostles… Read More »ENSM033