According to Luke, the Apostles asked Jesus about the meaning of the Parable of the Sower. Jesus responded saying: The seed is the word of God. He then went on to say that the ground in the parable was a … Continue reading
Category Archives: From the Liturgy of the Day
What is the true message of the Cross? Jesus is quoted as saying to some people who assembled to hear Him teach, If a man wishes to come after me, he must deny his very self, take up his cross … Continue reading
Our Gospel reading for today presents Luke’s version of the calling of the first disciples. A major part of the story deals with Jesus asking Simon to put out into the deep to catch fish. Simon at first refused, thinking … Continue reading
This weekend we hear these profound words of St. Paul: May I never boast of anything but the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ! Through it, the world has been crucified to me and I to the world. We are … Continue reading
You shall love the Lord your God with your whole heart, with your whole soul, and with all your mind. This is the greatest and first commandment! The second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself! Today … Continue reading
One of the most profound statements St. Paul makes in his second letter to the Corinthians, which we use as our Epistle reading this weekend, is this: God is the one who firmly establishes us along with you in Christ; … Continue reading
The Gospel reading appointed for this weekend shares the Parable of the Tenants. Although the parable is not obscure in Mark’s Gospel, Matthew somewhat expands it in order to make the point entirely clear. The description of the vineyard is … Continue reading
On this twelfth weekend after Pentecost, the combination of readings that are assigned present an interesting but also very poignant message. In the section from Paul’s 1st Letter to the Corinthians, he presents the idea of the importance of the … Continue reading
My heavenly Father will treat you in exactly the same way that you treat your brother! The poignant message we hear in the Christ parable shared in today’s Gospel is that God will treat us exactly in the same way … Continue reading
I assure you, if you had faith the size of a mustard seed, you would be able to say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it would move. Nothing would be impossible for you. This weekend our … Continue reading