6th Saturday in Ordinary Time
From today’s Scripture: “Simon Peter said in reply, ‘You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.’”—Mt 16:16 Today we celebrate the feast of the Chair of St. Peter the Apostle. Jesus called Peter to head his Church after the Ascension. In Matthew’s Gospel Jesus asks Peter, “Who do you say that I am?” […]
6th Friday in Ordinary Time
From today’s Scripture: “Jesus said ‘Whoever wishes to come after me must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me.’”—Mk 8:34 These are words that the disciples did not wish to hear. Many hoped that in following Jesus, the road would lead to the riches of this world. A cross was a thought far […]
6th Thursday in Ordinary Time
From today’s Scripture: “Along the way he asked his disciples, ‘Who do people say that I am?’”—Mk 8:27 Jesus was curious when he asked this question to his disciples. They had seen his miracles and now the question comes up. Maybe we can ask the same question, “Who do people say that I am?” That […]
6th Wednesday in Ordinary Time
From today’s Scripture: “Looking up the man replied, ‘I see people looking like trees and walking.’”—Mk 8:24 When I read the story of Jesus healing the blind man, I am reminded that healing can be a gradual experience. After the first laying of hands and placing spittle on the man’s eyes, he could see a […]
6th Tuesday in Ordinary Time
From today’s Scripture: “Do you have eyes and not see, ears and not hear? And do you not remember, when I broke the five loaves for the five thousand, how many wicker baskets full of fragments you picked up?”—Mk 8:18-19 The disciples have witnessed Jesus’ miracles and teachings but they still don’t get it! Was […]
6th Monday in Ordinary Time
From today’s Scripture: “God then said: ‘What have you done? Your brother’s blood cries out to me from the ground!’”—Gn 4:10 These are the words that the Lord speaks to Cain after he killed his brother, Abel. The Lord looked with more favor on Abel’s sacrifice than that of Cain. Then Cain’s resentment for his […]
6th Sunday in Ordinary Time
From today’s Scripture: “If Christ has not been raised, your faith is vain.”—1 Cor 15:17 It might seem obvious, but Christians believe that Jesus is God, a person in that mystery of the Holy Trinity, somehow part of one God, yet distinct as a person. Maybe not so obvious, on second thought. That’s a lot […]
5th Saturday in Ordinary Time
From today’s Scripture: “Jesus summoned the disciples and said, ‘My heart is moved with pity for the crowd, because they have been with me now for three days and have nothing to eat.’”—Mk 8:1-2 The story of the Gospel is the story of God’s pity, of God’s mercy, of God’s action. While we were still […]
Memorial of Sts. Cyril & Methodius
From today’s Scripture: “He put his finger into the man’s ears and, spitting, touched his tongue; then he looked up to heaven and groaned, and said to him, ‘Ephphatha!’ (that is, ‘Be opened!’).”—Mk 7:33-34 The prophet Isaiah speaks of the coming Messiah as one who will unstop the ears of the deaf and loosen the […]
5th Thursday in Ordinary Time
From today’s Scripture: “Jesus went to the district of Tyre. He entered a house and wanted no one to know about it, but he could not escape notice.”—Mk 7:24 Can we say with this Gospel that in our own lives Christ is unable to escape notice? Are we aware that he might be in the […]
