Monday, November 17, 2025 1 Mac 1:10-15, 41-43, 54-57, 62-63; Lk 18:35-43 Today’s Gospel highlights Jesus and the blind man as two purposeful characters. Jesus is passing through Jericho on his way to Jerusalem. And the blind man is begging. But how are they each purposeful in their own ways? It is amazing how the […]
Sunday, November 16, 2025 Thirty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time Mal 3:19-20a; 2 Thess 3:7-12; Lk 21:5-19 The thirty-third Sunday highlights conversion as the needed preparation for welcoming the Lord. The readings echo the theme of conversion as preparation from different angles. The first reading from the book of the prophet Malachi highlights the impending ‘Day of the
Saturday, November 15, 2025 Wis 18:14-16, 19:6-9; Lk 18:1-8 Today’s Gospel highlights the depravity of the human soul when it loses touch with God. The Gospel text bears the heading ‘The Parable of the Persistent Widow.’ But in the former translations, it had the title ‘The Parable of the Unjust Judge.’ I believe this is
