Tuesday, July 9, 2024 Hos 8:4-7,11-13; Mt 9:32-38 Today’s Gospel highlights the needed missionary orientation. When Jesus heals a demoniac, the Pharisees accuse him of maintaining ties with Satan to perform the cures. Their accusation is slightly nuanced. The Pharisees assert not only that Jesus effected this cure by the instrumentality of Satan but also […]
Monday, July 8, 2024 Hos 2:16,17-18,21-22; Mt 9:18-26 Today’s Gospel is an affirmation that death or disease cannot afflict us when we turn to God in faith. Jesus’ sensitivity toward the woman with a blood issue is particularly striking because she was considered physically and ceremonially unclean. We find Jesus’ compassion at work in healing
Sunday, July 7, 2024 Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Ez 2:2-5; 2 Cor 12:7-10; Mk 6:1-6 The fourteenth week invites us to strengthen our faith through a profound sense of wonder and gratitude. The first reading highlights prophet Ezekiel’s mission to the people of God, who proved stubborn as described by the phrase ‘hard of face and
