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 […]
Thursday, July 10, 2025 Gen 44:18-21, 23b-29; 45:1-5; Mt 10:7-15 Today’s Gospel highlights the responsibilities of messengers and recipients of God’s Word. For Jesus, the Kingdom message binds both the giver and the receiver. Those who proclaim the coming of God’s Kingdom should behave very much like its agent. Hence, performing signs like curing the
Wednesday, July 9, 2025 Gen 41:55-57, 42:5-7a, 17-24a; Mt 10:1-7 In many ways, today’s Gospel is a follow-up of yesterday’s one, with the difference that the disciples are called to embrace Jesus’ missionary response as their own. We can understand Jesus’ invitation in three ways. Shared Mission: When Jesus expects his disciples to continue his mission,
