Wednesday, August 7, 2024 Jer 31:1-7; Mt 15:21-28 Today’s Gospel offers an example of perseverance in prayer. There are at least three factors that play against the Canaanite woman’s request to heal her daughter. 1. Her Background: As a Canaanite woman, she was a gentile. There was a traditional hostility between the Jews and the Gentiles. […]
Tuesday, August 6, 2024 Feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord Dn 7:9-10,13-14; 2 Pt 1: 16-19; Mk 9:2-10 The feast of the Transfiguration commends forward movement as ideal discipleship. The feast offers a stunning visual if we employ our imagination as per the Gospel description. Jesus’ clothes becoming dazzling white, the appearance of Elijah
Monday, August 5, 2024 Jer 28:1-17; Mt 14:13-21 Today’s Gospel highlights Jesus’ way of grieving the death of John the Baptist. It is in his grief that Jesus withdraws into the desert to be by himself and pray. However, Jesus is compelled into ministry when he looks at the needy crowd. For Jesus, ministry seems
