Friday, August 8, 2025 Deut 4:32-40; Mt 16:24-28 Today’s Gospel invites us to master the art of losing life in order to find it. We may understand Jesus’ invitation in two ways. 1. Cross is a choice: Taking up our cross is not simply about enduring pain and suffering but proclaiming our fundamental option for Christ, […]
Thursday, August 7, 2025 Nm 20:1-13; Mt 16:13-23 Today’s Gospel highlights personal relationship with Jesus as a mark of our discipleship. Jesus’ question and Peter’s answer show how discipleship thrives on our relational encounters with Jesus. When Jesus turns one of his questions into something personal, Peter’s answer shows why it is important to love
Wednesday, August 6, 2025 Transfiguration of the Lord Dan 7:9-10, 13-14; 2 Pet 1:16-19; Lk 9:28-36 The Feast of the Transfiguration invites us to reflect on the suffering love of the Lord. The nature and depiction of the feast is such that there is every possibility of being carried away by the externalities without adequately
