Sunday, February 11, 2024 Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time Lv 13:1-2,44-46; 1 Cor 10:31-11:1; Mk 1:40-45 Today’s readings invite us to proclaim the goodness of God through our lives. The first reading gives us a sense of how leprosy was a dreaded disease. The lepers not only underwent extreme physical pain but also suffered emotional and psychological […]
Saturday, February 10, 2024 1 Kgs 12: 26-32;13:33-34; Mk 8:1-10 In today’s Gospel, Jesus teaches the responsible way of asking questions. The famous passage on ‘Feeding the Four Thousand’ shows how Jesus’ compassion is more personal. We find Jesus moved with pity for the crowd that has been with him for three days and has
Friday, February 9, 2024 1 Kgs 11:29-32;12:19; Mk 7:31-37 Today’s Gospel lets us see the humanity of Jesus, especially as he is moved by a person’s suffering. We might often think that deafness is less severe than blindness. However, the struggle with deafness is deeply emotional and psychological. The deaf suffer from shame and ridicule
