5th Wednesday in Ordinary Time
From today’s Scripture: “Nothing that enters one from outside can defile that person; but the things that come out from within are what defile.”—Mk 7:15 The apostle Paul declares Jesus to be the New Adam. Here Jesus is making a new people who are defined not by what goes in but what comes out. For […]
5th Tuesday in Ordinary Time
From today’s Scripture: “When the Pharisees with some scribes who had come from Jerusalem gathered around Jesus, they observed that some of his disciples ate their meals with unclean, that is, unwashed, hands.”—Mk 7:1-2 We see here two types of people around Jesus. One group looks on, seemingly at a distance with some curiosity and […]
Memorial of St. Scholastica
From today’s Scripture: “Whatever villages or towns or countryside he entered, they laid the sick in the marketplaces and begged him that they might touch only the tassel on his cloak; and as many as touched it were healed.”—Mk 6:56 Commanded by Moses to make tassels on the ends of their cloaks to remember the […]
5th Sunday in Ordinary Time
From today’s Scripture: “Jesus said to Simon, ‘Do not be afraid; from now on you will be catching men.’ When they brought their boats to the shore, they left everything and followed him.”—Lk 5:10b-11 The call to follow Christ comes to each of us in a unique way, dependent on our situation. Perhaps you are […]
4th Saturday in Ordinary Time
From today’s Scripture: “Come away by yourselves to a deserted place and rest awhile.” —Mk 6:31 Even Jesus needed to take a break! He found his rest in prayer, and taught his disciples to do likewise. Prayer is a major challenge in many of our lives. We know we’re supposed to do it, but like […]
4th Friday in Ordinary Time
From today’s Scripture: “So he promptly dispatched an executioner with orders to bring back his head. He went off and beheaded him in the prison. He brought in the head on a platter…”—Mk 6:27-28 Our world sees the slaughter of innocents every day of the year. And torture in prisons is a worldwide constant. One […]
Memorial of St. Paul Miki & Companions
From today’s Scripture: “He instructed them to take nothing for the journey but a walking stick—no food, no sack, no money in their belts.”—Mk 6:8 There once was a young person who came to work as a Glenmary volunteer. At the end of his service, he left everything behind—all of his possessions, including most of […]
Memorial of St. Agatha
From today’s Scripture: “Jesus said, ‘A prophet is not without honor except in his native place and among his own kin and in his own house.’”—Mk 6:3 Have you ever had the experience of going back home and listening to the stories people have of you? These are the stories you wish would have died […]
4th Tuesday in Ordinary Time
From today’s Scripture: “She said, ‘If I but touch his clothes, I shall be cured.’”—Mk 5:28 How much faith do I have? We hear in today’s Gospel a remarkable expression of faith in the story of the hemorrhaging woman. She doesn’t ask for much, she just wants to touch the Lord. Do we reach out […]
4th Monday in Ordinary Time
From today’s Scripture: “He asked him, ‘What is your name?’”—Mk 5:9 That question in today’s Gospel is a question that Jesus asks the demon who is possessing the outcast man. But it’s a question that Jesus asks each of us: “What is your name?” In that question is the deepest one. Who am I? Do […]
