Friday, July 17, 2026 Is 38: 1-6, 21-22, 7-8; Mt 12: 1-8 Today’s Gospel highlights the fact that an act of self-care is not a sinful act. The text presents the scene of the hungry disciples of Jesus walking through a field of grain and plucking some heads of grain and eating them. When the […]
Tuesday, July 14, 2026 Is 7: 1-9; Mt 11: 20-24 Today’s Gospel highlights Jesus’ woe message against Chorazin, Bethsaida, and Capernaum. We may reflect on the Gospel through three questions. 1. Are miracles powerless? When Jesus denounces these towns, saying, ‘If the mighty deeds done in your midst had been done in Tyre and Sidon…’
Monday, July 13, 2026 Is 1: 10-17; Mt 10: 34-11:1 Today’s Gospel highlights what it means to accept the sword of Christ. It is surprising to see that Jesus, the Prince of Peace, is saying, ‘I have come to bring not peace but the sword.’ How can we understand Jesus’ statement? The statement appears to
