Tuesday, November 18, 2025 2 Mac 6:18-31; Lk 19:1-10 Today’s Gospel highlights Zacchaeus’ desire to see Jesus as his desire to change. The episode on Zacchaeus is fascinating thanks to the minute details it carries. The wealthy tax collector harboured a deep desire to see Jesus so much that the word ‘see’ has been repeated […]
Monday, November 17, 2025 1 Mac 1:10-15, 41-43, 54-57, 62-63; Lk 18:35-43 Today’s Gospel highlights Jesus and the blind man as two purposeful characters. Jesus is passing through Jericho on his way to Jerusalem. And the blind man is begging. But how are they each purposeful in their own ways? It is amazing how the
Sunday, November 16, 2025 Thirty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time Mal 3:19-20a; 2 Thess 3:7-12; Lk 21:5-19 The thirty-third Sunday highlights conversion as the needed preparation for welcoming the Lord. The readings echo the theme of conversion as preparation from different angles. The first reading from the book of the prophet Malachi highlights the impending ‘Day of the
