Thursday, October 10, 2024 Gal 3:1-5; Lk 11:5-13 Today’s Gospel highlights the importance of friendly and childlike attitudes within prayer. The two parts of the Gospel text today talk of prayer as friendship and childlike trust, respectively. The analogy of friendship for prayer is truly powerful. The very construct of a friend, his going at […]
Wednesday, October 9, 2024 Gal 2:1-2,7-14; Lk 11:1-4 Today’s Gospel highlights that prayer is, or rather should be, personal and relational. Edified by the way Jesus is praying, the disciples feel an internal compulsion to request Jesus to teach them how to pray. Upon their request, Jesus teaches them the famous ‘Our Father’ prayer, which
Tuesday, October 8, 2024 Gal 1:13-24; Lk 10:38-42 Today’s Gospel invites us to understand hospitality from the point of view of the guest rather than the host. Jesus’ encounter with the Bethany sisters is a bit puzzling because it appears that Martha’s effort at hospitality is not recognized enough while Mary’s behaviour is approved of
