
A reflection on Proverbs 30:5-9 and Luke 9:1-6
Wednesday of the Twenty-Fifth Week in Ordinary Time (Year II)
ยฉ๏ธ2024 Gloria M. Chang
Putting God First
… Read the restEvery word of God is tested;
he is a shield to those who take refuge in him.

Journey to Wholeness

… Read the restEvery word of God is tested;
he is a shield to those who take refuge in him.

… Read the restAs Jesus passed on from there, he saw a man named Matthew sitting at the customs post. He said to him, โFollow me.โ

Isaiah 50:5-9a
Psalm 116:1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 8-9
James 2:14-18
Mark 8:27-35
What does a messianic liberator look like?… Read the rest

Deuteronomy 4:1-2, 6-8
Psalm 15:2-3, 3-4, 4-5
James 1:17-18, 21b-22, 27
Mark 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23


… Read the restAfter this, Jesus went across the Sea of Galilee. A large crowd followed him, because they saw the signs he was performing on the sick.

… Read the restHe entered a boat, made the crossing, and came into his own town. And there people brought to him a paralytic lying on a stretcher.

… Read the restSome Greeks who had come to worship at the Passover Feast came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, and asked him, โSir, we would like to see Jesus.โ

… Read the restJesus took Peter, James, and John and led them up a high mountain apart by themselves. And he was transfigured before them, and his clothes became dazzling white, such as no fuller on earth could bleach them.

… Read the restA leper came to Jesus and kneeling down begged him and said, โIf you wish, you can make me clean.โ Moved with pity, he stretched out his hand, touched him, and said to him, โI do will it.

… Read the restOn leaving the synagogue Jesus entered the house of Simon and Andrew with James and John. Simon’s mother-in-law lay sick with a fever.