PREPARE FOR PERSECUTION

Friday of the Fourteenth Week of Ordinary Time, Year A, July 14, 2017. 1st Reading:Genesis 46:1-7, 28-30 Israel set out with all that was his. When he arrived at Beer-sheba, he offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac. There God, speaking to Israel in a vision by night, called, “Jacob! Jacob!” He answered, … [Read more…]

THE GOSPEL IS A PERSON, JESUS CHRIST

Thursday of the Fourteenth Week of Ordinary Time, Year A. July 13, 2017. 1st Reading: Gn 44:18-21, 23b-29; 45:1-5 Judah approached Joseph and said: “I beg you, my lord, let your servant speak earnestly to my lord, and do not become angry with your servant, for you are the equal of Pharaoh. My lord asked … [Read more…]

MIRACLES AND FAITH

Wednesday of the Fourteenth Week of Ordinary Time, Year A. July 12, 2017 1st Reading: Gen 41:55-57; 42:5-7a, 17-24a When hunger came to be felt throughout the land of Egypt and the people cried to Pharaoh for bread, Pharaoh directed all the Egyptians to go to Joseph and do whatever he told them. When the … [Read more…]

TRUSTING THE ALMIGHTY

Monday of the Fourteenth Week of Ordinary Time, Year A, July 10, 2017. 1st Reading: Book of Genesis 28:10-22a. Jacob departed from Beer-sheba and proceeded toward Haran. When he came upon a certain shrine, as the sun had already set, he stopped there for the night. Taking one of the stones at the shrine, he … [Read more…]

CHILDLIKE FAITH

Fourteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year A, July 09, 2017. 1st Reading: Book of Zechariah 9:9-10. Thus says the LORD: Rejoice heartily, O daughter Zion, shout for joy, O daughter Jerusalem! See, your king shall come to you; a just savior is he, Meek, and riding on an ass, on a colt, the foal of … [Read more…]