Thursday, June 26, 2025 Gen 16:1-12,15-16; Mt 7:21-29 Today’s Gospel comes with a warning about spiritual inconsistency and an invitation to genuine discipleship. Jesus warns his followers about the disconnect between faith and practice that might endanger their discipleship. For the disciples of Christ, the divide between faith and life amounts to a betrayal. In […]
Wednesday, June 25, 2025 Gen 15:1-12, 17-18; Mt 7:15-20 Today’s Gospel highlights the importance of ministerial integrity for pastors. Jesus’ use of good trees bearing good fruits and bad trees producing bad fruits is a reference to the inwardness of the shepherds’ character. The good shepherds of God lead people toward God, while the unfaithful
Tuesday, June 24, 2025 Solemnity of the Nativity of John the Baptist Jer 1:4-10; 1 Pet 1:8-12; Lk 1:5-17 The birth of John the Baptist helps us understand his pivotal role in bringing God’s people back to Him. It is because of what he achieved as Jesus’ forerunner, unlike other saints whose martyrdom we remember
