Sunday, July 13, 2025 Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Deut 30:10-14; Col 1:15-20; Lk 10:25-37 The fifteenth Sunday in ordinary time highlights love of neighbors as an integral part of loving God. The readings of today underscore neighborliness as an authentic witness to the faith that we practice. The first reading explains love of God as following […]
Saturday, July 12, 2025 Gen 49:29-32, 50:15-26a; Mt 10:24-33 Today’s Gospel highlights the fact that if discipleship is about walking Jesus’ path, it also means sharing his destiny. In his mission discourse, Jesus cautions his disciples that ‘A disciple is not above the teacher, nor a servant above the master.’ We can roughly translate Jesus’
Friday, July 11, 2025 Gen 46:1-7, 28-30; Mt 10:16-23 Today’s Gospel highlights Jesus’ honest warning regarding our discipleship. If we closely read the text, we may understand that Jesus does not sugarcoat the cost of discipleship. Nor does he intend that his promises about discipleship be manipulative. He certainly does not do discipleship marketing by
