First Thursday in Ordinary Time
January 15, 2026
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From today’s Scripture: “A leper came to him and kneeling down begged him and said, ‘If you wish, you can make me clean.’”—Mk 1:40 “If
From today’s Scripture: “A leper came to him and kneeling down begged him and said, ‘If you wish, you can make me clean.’”—Mk 1:40 “If
Immigration is less a legal issue than it is a moral one. A mission pastor shares that the tears of immigrant children have transformed his
From today’s Scripture: “I have waited, waited for the LORD, and he stooped toward me and heard my cry.”—Ps 40:2 Waiting—who wants to wait in
From today’s Scripture: “How long will you make a drunken show of yourself? Sober up from your wine!”—1 Sam 1:14 Peter Maurin, co-founder of the
From today’s Scripture: “Her rival, to upset her, turned it into a constant reproach to her that the LORD had left her barren.”—1 Sam 1:6
From today’s Scripture: “And a voice came from the heavens, saying, ‘This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased.’”—Mt 3:17 As in
From today’s Scripture: “He must increase; I must decrease.”—Jn 3:30 This one-liner from St. John the Baptist may be the best synopsis of Christian discipleship
From today’s Scripture: “Lord, if you wish, you can make me clean.”—Lk 5:12 Jesus is all about healing. I find intriguing the instances like this
From today’s Scripture: “[W]hoever does not love a brother whom he has seen cannot love God whom he has not seen.”—1 Jn 4:19 I know
From today’s Scripture: “He got into the boat with them and the wind died down.”—Mk 6:51 In a well-known passage from Mere Christianity, C.S. Lewis
