Tuesday of the First Week of Lent The our Father prayer In praying, do not babble like the pagans …Your Father knows what you need before you ask him. “This is how you are to pray: Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, your… Read More »ENFL047
Monday of the First Week of Lent The faith and the works Then the king will say … “Come, you who are blessed by my Father. Inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. For I was hungry and you gave… Read More »ENFL046
Saturday after Ash Wednesday Jesus came for the sinners After this he went out and saw a tax collector named Levi sitting at the customs post. He said to him, “Follow me”. And leaving everything behind, he got up and followed him. Then Levi gave… Read More »ENFL045
Friday after Ash Wednesday The social fasting Yes, your fast ends in quarreling and fighting, striking with wicked claw. Would that today you might fast so as to make your voice heard on high! Is this the manner of fasting I wish, of keeping a… Read More »ENFL044
Thursday after Ash Wednesday Losing to win Then he said to all: “If anyone wishes to come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me. For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses… Read More »ENFL043
Ash Wednesday Testimony, not ostentation When you give alms, do not blow a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets to win the praise of others. Amen, I say to you, they have received their reward. But when… Read More »ENFL042
Tuesday of the Sixth week in Ordinary Time The sign of the bread They had forgotten to bring bread, and they had only one loaf with them in the boat. He enjoined them, “Watch out, guard against the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven… Read More »ENFL159
Monday of the Sixth Week in Ordinary Time The sign of the heaven The Pharisees came forward and began to argue with him, seeking from him a sign from heaven to test him. He sighed from the depth of his spirit and said, “Why does… Read More »ENFL158
Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time The psychoanalysis and the confession A leper came to him (and kneeling down) begged him and said, “If you wish, you can make me clean.” Moved with pity, he stretched out his hand, touched him, and said to him, “I… Read More »ENFS098
Saturday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time The Eucharist, our hope In those days when there again was a great crowd without anything to eat, he [Jesus] summoned the disciples and said, “My heart is moved with pity for the crowd, because they have… Read More »ENFL157
