Pursuit of the Eternal Treasure

Seventeenth  Sunday in Ordinary time, July 26, 2020 Readings: First Reading: 1 Kings 3: 5 – 12; Responsorial Psalm: 119; Second Reading: Romans 8: 28 – 30; Gospel: Matthew 13: 44 – 52 Our first reading for this week is from the first book of Kings, and it...

‘Greatness’ among his followers

Saturday July 25, 2020.  Feast of Saint James the Apostle  The apostle James, the Evangelist, was a fisherman.  The gospels tell us that James and John left their father and followed Jesus as soon as he called them.  The brothers must have shared...

Are you willing to stay strong?

Friday July 24, 2020 The parable of the sower explains how the Word of God is received. Jesus knows that there are different levels of receiving the Word – allowing it to flourish and bear fruit or not giving it sufficient attention so that its effect...

Be the one who “gets it.”

Thursday July 23, 2020  Jesus spoke in parables so that the meaning of his teaching could take root in the lives of those he taught as the message seemed to have escaped from some of them. He hoped that his hearers would receive the message of the kingdom of God...