Tuesday of the Tenth Week in Ordinary Time Family prayer  “You are the salt of the earth. But if salt loses its taste, with what can it be seasoned? It is no longer good for anything but to be thrown out and trampled underfoot. You… Read More »ENFL183

Monday of the Tenth Week in Ordinary Time The beatitudes When he saw the crowds, he went up the mountain, and after he had sat down, his disciples came to him. He began to teach them, saying: “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs… Read More »ENFL182

Friday of the Ninth Week in Ordinary Time The real scandal of faith As Jesus was teaching in the temple area he said, “How do the scribes claim that the Messiah is the son of David? David himself, inspired by the holy Spirit, said: ‘The… Read More »ENFL180

Wednesday of the Ninth Week in Ordinary Time The resurrection from the dead Some Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to him and put this question to him, saying, “Teacher, Moses wrote for us, ‘If someone’s brother dies, leaving a wife but no… Read More »ENFL178

Tuesday of the Ninth Week in Ordinary Time The Church and the State They sent some Pharisees and Herodians to him to ensnare him in his speech. They came and said to him, “Teacher, we know that you are a truthful man and that you… Read More »ENFL177

Saturday of the Eighth Week in Ordinary Time The compromise between service and privileges They returned once more to Jerusalem. As he was walking in the temple area, the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders approached him and said to him, “By what authority… Read More »ENFL175

Friday of the Eighth Week in Ordinary Time The Lord looks for fruits The next day as they were leaving Bethany he was hungry. Seeing from a distance a fig tree in leaf, he went over to see if he could find anything on it.… Read More »ENFL174

Thursday of the Eighth Week in Ordinary Time The blind man of Jericho   They came to Jericho. And as he was leaving Jericho with his disciples and a sizable crowd, Bartimaeus, a blind man, the son of Timaeus, sat by the roadside begging. On hearing… Read More »ENFL173

Tuesday of the Eighth Week in Ordinary Time The new economy of the gospel  Peter began to say to him, “We have given up everything and followed you.” Jesus said, “Amen, I say to you, there is no one who has given up house or… Read More »ENFL171

Monday of the Eighth Week in Ordinary Time The rich young man                                                    A man ran up….and asked him, “Good teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?” Jesus answered him, “….You know the commandments: ‘You shall not kill; you shall not commit adultery; you… Read More »ENFL170