Saturday, August 17, 2024 Ez 18:1-10,13, 30-32; Mt 19:13-15 Today’s Gospel highlights childlikeness as a Kingdom virtue. Pointing to the children, Jesus says, ‘The Kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.’ Jesus utters these words when he finds his disciples impatient about the insignificant visitors and their mothers, who want Jesus to bless their […]
Friday, August 16, 2024 Ez 16:1-15,60,63; Mt 19:3-12 Today’s Gospel highlights that God willed the marital bond for the good of humanity. A careful reading of the Gospel makes it clear that the intention of the Pharisees is to question Jesus on divorce. Whereas Jesus aims at reclaiming God’s intention for humanity. Secondly, when Jesus
Thursday, August 15, 2024 Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Rv 11:19, 12:1-6, 10; 1 Cor 15:20-27; Lk 1:39-56 The feast of the Assumption celebrates Mary being taken into heaven, body and soul. Pope Pius XII who proclaimed the Dogma of Mary’s Assumption of body and soul into heaven, wrote, ‘That the Immaculate Mother of
