Monday, December 2, 2024 Is 2:1-5; Mt 8:5-11 Today’s Gospel highlights Jesus’ astonishment over the centurion’s faith. The centurion’s gesture to seek his servant’s healing from Jesus is unusual. The fact that the centurion did not wish to dispose of the sick servant as it was the custom of the day bespeaks his goodness. Moreover, […]
Sunday, December 1, 2024 First Sunday of Advent Jer 33:14-16; 1 Thes 3:12-4:2; Lk 21:25-28, 34-36 As we celebrate the first week of Advent, we are called to grow in the virtue of hope. How valuable is the virtue of hope for human life? It is recorded of Alexander the Great that when he succeeded
Saturday, November 30, 2024 Feast of St. Andrew Rom 10:9-18; Mt 4:18-22 Today, we celebrate the feast of St. Andrew. There are two call narratives of St. Andrew – one in the Gospel of John and the other from the synoptic Gospels. The Gospel of John emphasizes Andrew’s initial encounter with Jesus through John the
