Tuesday, August 6, 2024 Feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord Dn 7:9-10,13-14; 2 Pt 1: 16-19; Mk 9:2-10 The feast of the Transfiguration commends forward movement as ideal discipleship. The feast offers a stunning visual if we employ our imagination as per the Gospel description. Jesus’ clothes becoming dazzling white, the appearance of Elijah […]
Monday, August 5, 2024 Jer 28:1-17; Mt 14:13-21 Today’s Gospel highlights Jesus’ way of grieving the death of John the Baptist. It is in his grief that Jesus withdraws into the desert to be by himself and pray. However, Jesus is compelled into ministry when he looks at the needy crowd. For Jesus, ministry seems
Sunday, August 4, 2024 Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Ex 16:2-4, 12-15; Eph 17, 20-24; Jn 6:24-35 Eighteenth Sunday invites us to practice a higher form of discipleship by putting on Christ. Those who follow Christ are called to rise above the challenge of leading an ordinary life that does not know Christ. The readings
