Saturday, July 20, 2024 Mi 2:1-5; Mt 12:14-21 Today’s Gospel invites us to learn from Jesus the art of responding to harmful situations in life. The beginning of the Gospel highlights the open threat to Jesus’ life. Yet, Jesus is neither agitated about it nor is his mission hindered by it. On the contrary, as […]
Friday, July 19, 2024 Is 38:1-6,21-22,7-8; Mt 12:1-8 Today’s Gospel highlights Jesus’ religion as one of humanity, compassion, and love. In what Jesus highlights, Jesus also represents that for God, religion is humanity too. Amid those who weaponized religion to oppress ordinary people, Jesus instrumentalized it to liberate them and proclaim God’s love. It is
Thursday, July 18, 2024 Is 26:7-9,12,16-19; Mt 11:28-30 In today’s Gospel, Jesus invites us to learn from his humility and obedience. Jesus’ invitation to ‘those who labor and are burdened’ does not suggest that we desert our labor. Rather, we accept the yoke of Christ and work with a renewed spirit. In other words, the
