Friday, August 23, 2024 Ez 37:1-14; Mt 22: 34-40 Today’s Gospel highlights God as the first object of our love before self and neighbors. Jesus makes love of God the prerequisite for loving ourselves and our neighbors. How can we understand Jesus’ statement? Why should God be our first object of love? God as the […]
Thursday, August 22, 2024 The Queenship of Mary! Is 9:1-6; Lk 1:26-38 Today we celebrate the feast of the Queenship of Mary. This feast provides us with an occasion to sing the praises of our Queen Mother. In fact, we have been celebrating Mother Mary’s queenship for centuries by praying the Fifth Glorious Mystery of
Wednesday, August 21, 2024 Ez 34:1-11; Mt 20:1-16 Today’s Gospel highlights mercy as an integral part of Divine justice. We can understand the landowner’s virtue of justice in two ways. At first, his justice is seen in his agreement to pay the usual daily wage for those whom he hires at dawn. According to Thomas
