Friday, July 19, 2024 Is 38:1-6,21-22,7-8; Mt 12:1-8 Today’s Gospel highlights Jesus’ religion as one of humanity, compassion, and love. In what Jesus highlights, Jesus also represents that for God, religion is humanity too. Amid those who weaponized religion to oppress ordinary people, Jesus instrumentalized it to liberate them and proclaim God’s love. It is […]
Thursday, July 18, 2024 Is 26:7-9,12,16-19; Mt 11:28-30 In today’s Gospel, Jesus invites us to learn from his humility and obedience. Jesus’ invitation to ‘those who labor and are burdened’ does not suggest that we desert our labor. Rather, we accept the yoke of Christ and work with a renewed spirit. In other words, the
Wednesday, July 17, 2024 Is 10:5-7,13-16; Mt 11:25-27 Today’s Gospel highlights the need for humility and surrender to inherit the knowledge of spiritual truths. Jesus makes two things clear in the passage. 1.Jesus reflects the wisdom of God, and therefore, the transmission of divine wisdom is very personal and immediate, unlike the Pharisees, whose inheritance
