LAYING DOWN YOUR BURDENS

Thursday of the Fifteenth Week of Ordinary Time, Year A. July 20, 2017. 1st Reading: Exodus 3:13-20 Moses, hearing the voice of the LORD from the burning bush, said to him, “When I go to the children of Israel and say to them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you,’ if they … [Read more…]

BEING CHILDLIKE

Wednesday of the Fifteenth Week in Ordinary Time, Year A, July 19, 2017. 1st Reading: Book of Exodus 3:1-6.9-12. Moses was tending the flock of his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian. Leading the flock across the desert, he came to Horeb, the mountain of God. There an angel of the LORD appeared to him … [Read more…]

IT’S TIME TO REPENT

Tuesday of the Fifteenth Week of Ordinary Time, Year A. July 18, 2017. 1st Reading: Book of Exodus 2:1-15a. A certain man of the house of Levi married a Levite woman, who conceived and bore a son. Seeing that he was a goodly child, she hid him for three months. When she could hide him … [Read more…]

PEACE OR THE SWORD?

Monday of the Fifteenth Week in Ordinary Time, Year A. July 17, 2017. 1st Reading: Book of Exodus 1:8-14.22. A new king, who knew nothing of Joseph, came to power in Egypt. He said to his subjects, “Look how numerous and powerful the Israelite people are growing, more so than we ourselves! Come, let us … [Read more…]

THE DIVINE ATTRACTION

Fifteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year A. July 16, 2017. 1st Reading: Isaiah 55:10-11 Thus says the LORD: Just as from the heavens the rain and snow come down and do not return there till they have watered the earth, making it fertile and fruitful, giving seed to the one who sows and bread to … [Read more…]