The pursuit of greatness is a common desire, but it often goes wrong due to the way people understand and use it. Many people reduce greatness to mere quantity and number, equate it to having and doing, which is contrary to true greatness and the teachings of Jesus. Jesus corrects this worldly thinking by setting…
Month: September 2024
DAILY READINGS – SEPT. 30 (MEMORIAL, ST. JEROME) 26TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME YEAR 2
1ST READING: Job 1:6-22 There was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan also came among them. The Lord said to Satan, “From where have you come?” Satan answered the Lord, “From going back and forth on the earth, and from walking up and down on…
SUNDAY READINGS SEPT. 29 (26TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME YEAR B)
1ST READING: Numbers 11:25-29 In those days: The Lord came down in the cloud and spoke to Moses and took some of the spirit that was upon him and put it upon the seventy elders; and when the spirit rested upon them, they prophesied. But they did so no more. Now two men remained in…
Daily Reflection – September 28 (25th Week in Ordinary Time)
Daily Reflection – September 28 Vanity is a fundamental truth in human life. It is characterized by a lack of purpose, direction, meaning, and emptiness. Many desires, particularly in youth, provide temporary pleasure and satisfaction. This vanity clouded the disciples of Jesus. It prevented them from understanding suffering as part of God’s redemptive plan. Many…
DAILY READINGS – SEPT. 28 (ORDINARY TIME WEEK 25 YEAR 2)
1ST READING: Ecclesiastes 11:9-12:8 Rejoice, O young man, in your youth, and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth; walk in the ways of your heart and the sight of your eyes. But know that for all these things God will bring you into judgment. Remove vexation from your mind, and…
DAILY READINGS – SEPT. 27 (ST. VINCENT DE PAUL – ORDINARY TIME WEEK 25 FRIDAY YEAR 2)
1ST READING: Ecclesiastes 3:1-11 For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven: a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted; a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down,…
Daily Reflection – Sept. 27 – St. Vincent De Paul
“What is time?” Oxford dictionary defined time as: the continued sequence of existence and events that occurs in an apparently irreversible succession from the past, through the present, and into the future. The New Testament (NT) has two main concepts of time represented by two Greek words: chronos (χρόνος) and kairos (καιρός). Chronos is…
DAILY READINGS – SEPT. 26 (ORDINARY TIME – WK 25 THURSDAY YEAR 2)
1ST READING: Ecclesiastes 1:2-11 Vanity of vanities, says the Preacher, vanity of vanities! All is vanity. What does man gain by all the toil at which he toils under the sun? A generation goes, and a generation comes, but the earth remains forever. The sun rises and the sun goes down, and hastens to the…
Scripture Reflection – September 26 (25th Week in Ordinary Time Year 2)
For our Scripture Reflection today, it is good to know who Herod Antipas was. Who was Herod Antipas? Herod Antipas, one of Herod the Great’s four sons, was given Galilee and Perea to rule as Tetrarch after his father’s death. He was known for being fickle, weak, and a murderer and adulterer. His conscience was…
Daily Reflection – Wednesday, September 25
Jesus chose ordinary, mostly uneducated men as His apostles. Of their own accord, they were not qualified. But by the very act of being called by Jesus, they became qualified. Jesus then built a relationship with them and gave them a mission. Their mission was to preach the kingdom of God, similar to how He…