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
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
