Saturday, August 31, 2024 1 Cor 1:26-31; Mt 25:14-30 Today’s Gospel invites us to reflect on trustworthiness as a Kingdom virtue. The parable of the talents explains trustworthiness in terms of the responsibility for what we have received from God. It is good to note that the master who entrusts his servants with talents does […]
Friday, August 30, 2024 1 Cor 1:17-25; Mt 25:1-13 Today’s Gospel invites us to be earnestly sincere about things that concern the Lord! The parable of the ten bridesmaids presents that five of them are wise and five others foolish. Since it is not one individual who is wise or foolish, how can we explain
Thursday, August 29, 2024 Memorial of the Passion of St. John the Baptist! 1 Cor 1:1-9; Mk 6:17-29 In today’s gospel, we find Herod becoming the example of how, without a deliberate effort toward an act of conversion, any external influence could remain powerless. 1.Though Herod was a ruler when John the Baptist warned him
