Saturday, August 16, 2025 Jos 24:14-29; Mt 19:13-15 Today’s Gospel highlights children as the worthy models of the Kingdom of Heaven. In the Gospel, while Jesus upholds and praises childlike virtues as the most desired for inheriting God’s Kingdom, his fondness and inclusion of children contain a liberative message too. In Jesus’ view, children are models of the […]
Friday, August 15, 2025 Solemnity of the Assumption Rev 11:19a; 12:1-6a, 10ab; 1 Cor 15:20-27; Lk 1:39-56 The Feast of the Assumption invites us to imitate Mother Mary’s faithfulness and dedication to the cause of God. On November 1, 1950, Pope Pius XII, in his Munificentissimus Deus, wrote that ‘We pronounce, declare, and define it to be
Thursday, August 14, 2025 Josh 3:7-10a, 11, 13-17; Mt 18:21-19:1 Today’s Gospel invites us to reflect on forgiveness, followed by yesterday’s theme on reconciliation. Hence, the text highlights that, like reconciliation, forgiveness is rooted in fraternal charity. Imitating yesterday’s Gospel wherein Jesus starts teaching, ‘If your brother sins against you…’, today’s text presents Peter’s doubt
