
A reflection on Luke 12:54-56
Friday of the Twenty-Ninth Week in Ordinary Time
ยฉ๏ธ2021 Gloria M. Chang
How can we discern the true signs of the times when spiritual blindness obscures the divine wonders unfolding before us?… Read the rest

Journey to Wholeness

How can we discern the true signs of the times when spiritual blindness obscures the divine wonders unfolding before us?… Read the rest

โThen to what shall I compare the people of this generation? What are they like?ย They are like children who sit in the marketplace and call to one another,
โWe played the flute for you, but you did not dance.… Read the rest

The word for cummin (or cumin), the seeds of a plant used for seasoning (Greek kuminon), is of Semitic origin (kammon).ย… Read the rest

Then Jesus went from that place and withdrew to the region of Tyre and Sidon.… Read the rest

They returned once more to Jerusalem. As he was walking in the temple area, the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders approached him and said to him, โBy what authority are you doing these things?… Read the rest

Cultivate kosher hearts: purity from within defeats evil, revealing God’s light.
Jesus summoned the crowd again and said to them, โHear me, all of you, and understand. Nothing… Read the rest

Authentic worship aligns the heart with every word, drawing us into true communion with God.
Now when the Pharisees with some scribes who had come from Jerusalem gathered around him,ย they observed that some of his disciples ate their meals with unclean, that is, unwashed, hands.ย … Read the rest

Christ binds the strong man, breaking Satan’s hold to plunder his house and free God’s children.
… Read the restThe scribes who had come from Jerusalem said of Jesus, โHe is possessed by Beelzebul,โ and โBy the prince of demons he drives out demons.โ

Jesus, the Divine Physician, seeks the sick and sinners, offering healing to all who need His mercy.
… Read the restOnce again he went out along the sea.

… Read the restThen Jesus spoke to the crowds and to his disciples, saying, โThe scribes and the Pharisees have taken their seat on the chair of Moses.