Journey to Wholeness
… Read the restSome Pharisees approached him, and tested him, saying, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any cause whatever?”
Thursday of the First Week in Ordinary Time (Year I)
Hebrews 3:7-14
… Read the restTherefore, as the holy Spirit says: “Oh, that today you would hear his voice, ‘Harden not your hearts as at the rebellion in the day of testing in the desert, where your ancestors tested and tried me and saw my works for forty years.
… Read the restIn times past, God spoke in partial and various ways to our ancestors through the prophets; in these last days, he spoke to us through a son, whom he made heir of all things and through whom he created the universe, who is the refulgence of his glory, the very imprint of his being, and who sustains all things by his mighty word.
26th Week in Ordinary Time, Friday (Year II)
Job 38:1, 12-21; 40:3-5
WHY?
This infuriating question had Job and his friends entangled like a Gordian knot. Word after word and argument after argument submerged them deeper and deeper into the quicksand of “Why?”… Read the rest
23rd Week in Ordinary Time, Thursday (Year II)
Luke 6:27-38
Jesus said to his disciples: “To you who hear I say, love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you… Be merciful, just as also your Father is merciful.”… Read the rest
13th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A
Matthew 10:37-42
Jesus said to his apostles: “Whoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me, and whoever loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me; and whoever does not take up his cross and follow after me is not worthy of me.… Read the rest
10th week in Ordinary Time, Tuesday (Year II)
1 Kings 17:7-16, Psalm 4, Matthew 5:13-16
“You are the light of the world”—a torch lit by the transfiguring Light of the Trinity.… Read the rest
Friday of the Fourth Week of Easter
John 14:1-6
Facing his impending death, Jesus comforted his disciples, “Do not let your hearts be troubled. You have faith in God; have faith also in me.”… Read the rest
Wednesday of the Fourth Week of Easter
John 12:44-50
Since the time humankind began philosophizing, we have wondered about the nature of ultimate reality. What is it? Earth, air, fire, water? Atoms? Matter? Mind? Spirit?… Read the rest