Saturday, August 23, 2025 Ruth 2:1-3, 8-11, 4:13-17; Mt 23:1-12 In today’s Gospel Jesus instructs his disciples how not to be like the scribes and Pharisees. In our faith journey, while prescriptions are very important (the knowledge of doing good), prohibitions become necessary too (the knowledge of avoiding evil). The well-known example could be The […]
Friday, August 22, 2025 The Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary Is 9:1-6; Lk 1: 26-38 The feast of the Queenship of Mary invites us to be a reflection of herself in our journey of discipleship. The feast, celebrated a week after the Feast of the Assumption, was established by Pope Pius XII in 1954.
Thursday, August 21, 2025 Jud 11:29-39a; Mt 22:1-14 Today’s Gospel highlights the vulnerable love of the King in The Parable of the Wedding Banquet. The King’s generous invitation is met with refusal, presumption, and disrespect – all with a callous attitude that betrays a severe lack of inner disposition and reverence. The Refusal: Those who had
