Friday, June 20, 2025 2 Cor 11:18, 21-30; Mt 6:19-23 Today’s Gospel enlightens us with storing up treasures in heaven. Four important points invite our consideration. 1. From Jesus’ exposition, we understand that storing up treasures has more to do with the ‘place’ that we have imagined as our storehouse. In fact, it is the […]
Thursday, June 19, 2025 2 Cor 11:1-11; Mt 6:7-15 Today’s Gospel contains some key insights on prayer. The prayer that Jesus teaches implies that it is an act where the beloved children call upon an affectionate Father who knows all their needs. For the reasons of such relationality, Jesus emphasizes that a profound earnestness should
Wednesday, June 18, 2025 2 Cor 9:6-11; Mt 6:1-6,16-18 Today’s Gospel highlights the importance of almsgiving, prayer, and fasting from the point of view of inner disposition rather than the outward action. Almsgiving: For Jesus, almsgiving must reveal one’s internal sincerity. Though not strictly, one of the best examples for almsgiving is the poor widow’s offering
