Tuesday, February 4, 2025 Heb 12:1-4; Mk 5:21-43 Today’s Gospel highlights two healing narratives. The first is the healing of the woman afflicted with hemorrhages for twelve years. Reading the narrative, one cannot but admire the simple faith of the woman who says to herself, ‘If I but touch his clothes, I shall be cured.’ […]
Monday, February 3, 2025 Heb 11:32-40; Mk 5:1-20 Today’s Gospel highlights Jesus’ compassion toward the man possessed by an unclean spirit. At first, the description of the man who found his dwelling among the tombs looks so terrifying that no human intervention could have possibly helped him. When others stood helpless, Jesus’ compassion coupled with
Sunday, February 2, 2025 Feast of the Presentation of the Lord Mal 3:1-4; Heb 2:14-18; Lk 2:22-40 Today we celebrate the feast of the Presentation of the Lord. Today we commemorate the fact that Jesus offered up his very life for the salvation of all. The altruistic love of Jesus calls for imitation. In this
