Tuesday, September 26, 2023 Ezr 6:7-8, 12b, 14-20; Lk 8:19-21 Today’s gospel is a lesson on growing as a Christian community thanks to the faith we all share. The passage has gone through occasional misinterpretations in the past. Taking the gesture of Jesus as contempt toward his family, some suggested renouncing family ties in the […]
Monday, September 25, 2023 Ezr 1:1-6; Lk 8: 16-18 Today’s gospel highlights Christian responsibility through the imagery of light. In Matthew 5:14, Jesus says, ‘You are the light of the world.’ It is good to note that Jesus does not say ‘you must be the light’ or ‘you have the light.’ The indication is very clear: YOU ARE. It is the property
Sunday, September 24, 2023 Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time Is 55:6-9; Phil 1L20-24, 27; Mt 20:1-16 The twenty-fifth Sunday demonstrates the Kingdom praxis of God through the landowner’s sense of justice and generosity. The landowner needs laborers for his vineyard. Hence, he hires workers at will. Though he goes out to hire workers at different
