Monday, August 25, 2025 1 Thess 1:1-5, 8b-10; Mt 23:13-22 Today’s Gospel highlights that spirituality is a matter of the heart and not some external ritual. The text presents three woes of the seven, which expose the religious hypocrisy of the Scribes and Pharisees, censure their spiritual-blocking behaviour, and condemn the misuse of spiritual authority. […]
Sunday, August 24, 2025 Twenty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time Is 66:18-21; Heb 12:5-7, 11-13; Lk 13:22-30 The twenty-first Sunday invites us to reflect on discipleship as striving, thus pointing to relentlessness and persistence in our faith journey. The readings of the day help us meditate on the need of an intentional life for the followers
Saturday, August 23, 2025 Ruth 2:1-3, 8-11, 4:13-17; Mt 23:1-12 In today’s Gospel Jesus instructs his disciples how not to be like the scribes and Pharisees. In our faith journey, while prescriptions are very important (the knowledge of doing good), prohibitions become necessary too (the knowledge of avoiding evil). The well-known example could be The
