November 9, The Dedication of the Lateran Basilica in Rome The prayer and the life  Jesus went up to Jerusalem. He found in the temple area those who sold oxen, sheep, and doves, as well as the money-changers seated there. He made a whip out… Read More »ENSM036

Saturday of the Thirty-FirstWeek in Ordinary Time The smile and the praise I will extol you, my God and king; I will bless your name forever. Every day I will bless you … Great is the Lord and worthy of high praise … One generation… Read More »ENFL336

Friday of the Thirty-FirstWeek in Ordinary Time The praise of the shrewdness  Then he also said to his disciples, “A rich man had a steward who was reported to him for squandering his property. He summoned him and said, ‘What is this I hear about… Read More »ENFL335

Thursday of the Thirty-FirstWeek in Ordinary Time When children lose themselves  the Pharisees and scribes began to complain, saying, “This man welcomes sinners and eats with them.” So to them he addressed this parable. “What man among you having a hundred sheep and losing one… Read More »ENFL334

Tuesday of the Thirty-First  Week in Ordinary Time We are all missionaries  One of his fellow guests on hearing this said to him, “Blessed is the one who will dine in the kingdom of God.” He replied to him, “A man gave a great dinner… Read More »ENFL332

Thursday of the Twenty-SixthWeek in Ordinary Time How to live the mission   After this the Lord appointed seventy (-two) others whom he sent ahead of him in pairs to every town and place he intended to visit. He said to them, “The harvest is abundant… Read More »ENFL300

November 2, The Commemoration of all the Departed Faithful The final resurrection Then Job answered and said:  Oh, would that my words were written down! Would that they were inscribed in a record: That with an iron chisel and with lead they were cut in… Read More »ENSM035

November 1, All Saints The saints and 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 is… Read More »ENSM034

Friday of the ThirtiethWeek in Ordinary Time The healing of the hydropic On a sabbath he went to dine at the home of one of the leading Pharisees, and the people there were observing him carefully. In front of him there was a man suffering… Read More »ENFL328

Thursday of the Thirtieth Week in Ordinary Time The love of Christ If God is for us, who can be against us? He who did not spare his own Son but handed him over for us all, how will he not also give us everything… Read More »ENFL326