Tuesday, October 1, 2024 Jb 3:1-3, 11-17, 20-23; Lk 9:51-56 Today’s Gospel highlights the beginning of Jesus’ travel toward Jerusalem. ‘The Travel Narrative’ in Luke begins at 9:51 and extends up to 19:27. Though travel narratives are part of other Gospels too, Luke’s own contains interesting sections not seen in other Gospels. What is the […]
Monday, September 30, 2024 Jb 1:6-22; Lk 9:46-50 Today’s Gospel highlights the misunderstanding regarding discipleship and offers a corrective. Why does Jesus present a child as representing him when his disciples were discussing among themselves who the greatest was? There are two details to understand Jesus’ response. At first, the disciples were engrossed in the
Sunday, September 29, 2024 Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time Nm 11:25-29; Jas 5:1-6; Mk 9:38-43, 45, 47-48 The twenty-sixth Sunday invites God’s ministers to inherit charity and tolerance. In the first reading, we find Moses, in response to the jealousy of Joshua, acknowledging generously the prophetic charism of Eldad and Medad. While Moses agrees to the
