Monday, July 14, 2025 Ex 1:8-14, 22; Mt 10:34-11:1 Today’s Gospel invites us to reflect on loyalty that divides. It is shocking to see that Jesus, the Prince of Peace, says, ‘I have not come to bring peace, but a sword.’ How can we understand Jesus’ statement? In essence, Jesus is talking about a ‘different […]
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’
