Tuesday, August 20, 2024 Ez 28:1-10; Mt 19:23-30 Today’s Gospel highlights the reward of discipleship. Jesus explains the difference between the rich, who could not follow him, and his apostles, who could leave behind everything to be with him. The rich are hesitant to follow Jesus because it is habitual for them to think of […]
Monday, August 19, 2024 Ez 24:15-23; Mt 19:16-22 Today’s Gospel leaves us with two options: living the basics of a moral life or finding perfection in it. Jesus’ explanation regarding moral life follows the rich young man’s question. It is interesting to find Jesus carefully structuring his response so that he puts the most crucial
Sunday, August 18, 2024 Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time Prv 9:1-6; Eph 5:15-20; Jn 6:51-58 The twentieth Sunday invites us to reflect on the fact that the Eucharistic promise of eternal life is the wisdom we share with the world. The first reading is an invitation to wisdom. Here, wisdom is personified as a woman who has
