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 […]
Saturday, November 15, 2025 Wis 18:14-16, 19:6-9; Lk 18:1-8 Today’s Gospel highlights the depravity of the human soul when it loses touch with God. The Gospel text bears the heading ‘The Parable of the Persistent Widow.’ But in the former translations, it had the title ‘The Parable of the Unjust Judge.’ I believe this is
Thursday, November 13, 2025 Wis 7:22b-8:1; Lk 17:20-25 Today’s Gospel highlights the nature of God’s Kingdom. When Jesus talks about the arrival of God’s Kingdom, he is, in fact, offering correctives to dispel the dominant misconceptions about it. 1. Jesus cautions about externalizing the Kingdom. In other words, the Kingdom of God is not a
