Friday of the Twenty-FirstWeek in Ordinary Time The meaning of vigilance “Then the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom. Five of them were foolish and five were wise. The foolish ones, when… Read More »ENFL262
August 29, The Martyrdom of Saint John the Baptist The face of the missionary But do you gird your loins; stand up and tell them all that I command you. Be not crushed on their account, as though I would leave you crushed before them;… Read More »ENSM025
Wednesday of the Twenty-FirstWeek in Ordinary Time The secret of youth “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites. You are like whitewashed tombs, which appear beautiful on the outside, but inside are full of dead men’s bones and every kind of filth. Even so,… Read More »ENFL260
Tuesday of the Twenty-FirstWeek in Ordinary Time Hypocrisy makes you blind “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites. You pay tithes of mint and dill and cumin, and have neglected the weightier things of the law: judgment and mercy and fidelity. (But) these you… Read More »ENFL259
Monday of the Twenty-FirstWeek in Ordinary Time Woe to you, hypocrites “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites. You lock the kingdom of heaven 8 before human beings. You do not enter yourselves, nor do you allow entrance to those trying to enter. “Woe… Read More »ENFL258
Twenty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time The basic choices of life Then many of his disciples who were listening said, “This saying is hard; who can accept it?” Since Jesus knew that his disciples were murmuring about this, he said to them, “Does this shock you?… Read More »ENFS113
August 24, Saint Bartholomew, Apostle The call of the Lord Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him and said of him, “Here is a true Israelite. There is no duplicity in him.” Nathanael said to him, “How do you know me?” Jesus answered and said to… Read More »ENSM024
Friday of the TwentiethWeek in Ordinary Time The love for the church When the Pharisees heard that he had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together, and one of them [a scholar of the law] 20 tested him by asking, “Teacher, which commandment in the law… Read More »ENFL255
Thursday of the TwentiethWeek in Ordinary Time My friend, you have no faith Jesus again in reply spoke to them in parables, saying, “The kingdom of heaven may be likened to a king who gave a wedding feast for his son. He dispatched his servants… Read More »ENFL254
Wednesday of the TwentiethWeek in Ordinary Time The work and the fair remuneration “The kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out at dawn to hire laborers for his vineyard. After agreeing with them for the usual daily wage, he sent them into… Read More »ENFL253
