Aug 13, 2018
Readings:
Proverbs 9:1-6
Psalm 34:2-3, 10-15
Ephesians 5:15-20
John 6:51-58
The Wisdom of God has prepared a feast, we hear in today's First Reading.
We must become like children (see Matthew 18:3-4) to hear and accept this invitation. For in every Eucharist, it is the folly of the cross that is represented and...
Aug 6, 2018
Readings:
1 Kings 19:4-8
Psalm 34:2-9
Ephesians 4:30-5:2
John 6:41-51
Sometimes we feel like Elijah in today's First Reading. We want to lie down and die, keenly aware of our failures, that we seem to be getting no better at doing what God wants of us.
We can be tempted to despair, as the prophet was on his...
Jul 30, 2018
Lecturas:
Éxodo 16, 2–4. 12-5
Salmo 77, 3 y 4bc. 23–24. 25 y 54
Efesios 4, 17. 20–24
Juan 6, 24-35
El camino del discipulado es un éxodo de toda la vida, desde la esclavitud del pecado y de la muerte hasta la santidad de la verdad en el Monte Sion, la tierra prometida de vida eterna.
La senda puede tornarse...
Jul 30, 2018
Readings:
Exodus 16:2–4, 12–15
Psalm 78:3–4, 23–25, 54
Ephesians 4:17, 20–24
John 6:24–35
The journey of discipleship is a life-long exodus from the slavery of sin and death to the holiness of truth in Mount Zion, the promised land of eternal life.
The road can get rough. And when it does, we can be...
Jul 23, 2018
Readings:
2 Kings 4:42–44
Psalm 145:10-11, 15–18
Ephesians 4:1–6
John 6:1–15
Today’s liturgy brings together several strands of Old Testament expectation to reveal Jesus as Israel’s promised Messiah and King, the Lord who comes to feed His people.
Notice the parallels between today’s Gospel and First...