Tuesday, September 19, 2023 1 Tim 3:1-13; Lk 7:11-17 ‘Smaller coffins are the heaviest’ – if there was someone who understood this better, it was Jesus in whom we find the ‘image of the invisible God’ (Col 1:15). The response of Jesus to the plight of the widow of Nain is visceral. He is moved […]
Monday, September 18, 2023 1 Tim 2:1-8; Lk 7:1-10 Jesus’ astonishment about the centurion’s faith in today’s gospel makes him an example of imitation for us. The centurion’s gesture to seek his slave’s healing from Jesus is unusual. The fact that the centurion did not wish to dispose of the sick slave as it was
Sunday, September 17, 2023 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time Sir 27:30-28:7; Rom 14; 7-9; Mt 18:21-35 The twenty-fourth Sunday in ordinary time invites us to practice forgiveness as a distinctive virtue of being Christians. The first reading warns us against anger and calls us to forgive. In anger, we not only neglect our responsibility to be
