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
Thursday of the Twenty-EighthWeek in Ordinary Time The strategies of persecution Woe to you! You build the memorials of the prophets … Consequently, you bear witness and give consent to the deeds of your ancestors, for they killed them and you do the building. Therefore,… Read More »ENFL313
Wednesday of the Twenty-EighthWeek in Ordinary Time The practicing of the authority Woe to you Pharisees! You pay tithes of mint and of rue and of every garden herb, but you pay no attention to judgment and to love for God … Woe to you… Read More »ENFL312
Tuesday of the Twenty-EighthWeek in Ordinary Time The form and the substance After he had spoken, a Pharisee invited him to dine at his home. He entered and reclined at table to eat. The Pharisee was amazed to see that he did not observe the… Read More »ENFL311
Monday of the Twenty-EighthWeek in Ordinary Time The gift of the faith While still more people gathered in the crowd, he said to them, “This generation is an evil generation; it seeks a sign, but no sign will be given it, except the sign of… Read More »ENFL309
Saturday of the Twenty-SeventhWeek in Ordinary Time Our blessedness While he was speaking, a woman from the crowd called out and said to him, “Blessed is the womb that carried you and the breasts at which you nursed.” He replied, “Rather, blessed are those who… Read More »ENFL308
Friday of the Twenty-SeventhWeek in Ordinary Time The demon, king of the idols … For you say that it is by Beelzebul that I drive out demons. If I, then, drive out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your own people drive them out? Therefore… Read More »ENFL307
Thursday of the Twenty-SeventhWeek in Ordinary Time The praise of the insistence And he said to them, “Suppose one of you has a friend to whom he goes at midnight and says, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves of bread, for a friend of mine has… Read More »ENFL306
