Tuesday, March 12, 2024 Ez 47:1-9,12; Jn 5:1-16 Today’s Gospel exposes the hypocrisy of Jews while highlighting Jesus’ compassion. We find Jesus moved by compassion toward someone who has been suffering for 38 long years. In healing the man, Jesus places his dignity and wellness above the Sabbath law. However, all is not well with […]
Monday, March 11, 2024 Is 65:17-21; Jn 4:43-54 Today’s Gospel gives us another exemplar of faith in the royal official. He must have been a gentile, but his knowledge of Jesus turns into faith. He comes from Capernaum to Cana to beg for a favor from Jesus. That is a twenty-mile distance (32 kilometers). The
Sunday, March 10, 2024 Fourth Sunday of Lent 2 Chr 36:14-16, 19-23; Eph 2:4-10; Jn 3:14-21 The fourth Sunday of Lent emphasizes God’s love and demands our response to honor it. In the Gospel, Jesus helps us understand the nature of God’s love, while other readings complement what Jesus puts forward. The Bronze Serpent: What we read
