Category: Sixteenth Week

⏰Thursday of the Sixteenth Week of Ordinary Time 2 (23 July 2020) 📖Jer 2:1-3, 7-8, 12-13; Ps 36:6-7ab, 8-9, 10-11 (R.v.10a); Matt 13:10-17 🎤GOD HAS COME DOWN TO US (Acts 14:12) Have you ever been bothered to ask questions, as many people do, on the purpose of the Incarnation? All positive answers to this point to the fact that Jesus took the human nature in order to redeem it and take it back to God, that is, for salvation. This has been a project that God took on since the fall of man. Through the prophets, he has always brought...

⏰Saturday of the Sixteenth Week of Ordinary Time 2 (28 July 2018) 📖Jer 7:1-11; Ps 84:3, 4, 5-6a and 8a, 11 (R.v.2); Matt 13:24-30 One of the major things that Jeremiah condemned in his prophecy is the temple prostitution and desecration which were becoming the order of the day. Many abuses were beginning to be allowed into religion and their worship were becoming one of lip service. Jeremiah condemned this attitude and called on them to turn away from these in order to worship God in truth. Only then can they gain the blessings and protection of God (see Jer...

⏰Friday of the Sixteenth Week of Ordinary Time 2 (27 July 2018) 📖Jer 3:14-17; Jer 31:10, 11-12ab, 13 (R.v.10d); Matt 13:18-23 Great things happen when God mixes with us; (2x) Great and beautiful, wonderful things; Great things happen when God mixes with us. Indeed, when God is with us, we are able to get all kinds of security that we need. That is why the prophet Jeremiah began today’s reading by telling us to return to God. The place of God in our lives determines how fruitful we shall become. Consider what happened in the gospel. The same sower went...

⏰Thursday of the Sixteenth Week of Ordinary Time 2 (26 July 2018 – Memorial of Ss. Joachim and Anne) 📖Jer 2:1-3, 7-8, 12-13; Ps 36:6-7ab, 8-9, 10-11 (R.v.10a); Matt 13:10-17 Today, the Church celebrates the memorial of Ss. Joachim and Anne, the parents of Mary and the grandparents of Jesus. With their deep faith in God, garnished by holy patience in the midst of difficulties, God did not abandon them. Their faith was rewarded with the gift of Mary in their advanced age, thus becoming one of the instruments God used in making incarnation possible. Have you ever been bothered...

⏰Tuesday of the Sixteenth Week of Ordinary Time 2 (24 July 2018) 📖Mic 7:14-15, 18-20; Ps 85:2-4, 5-6, 7-8 (R.v.8a); Matt 12:46-50 The book of the prophet Micah ends with a prayer of forgiveness and an expression of hope in God for restoration. This is the hope that finds its fulfilment in Christ, who had said in John 12:32, “When I am lifted up from the earth, I shall draw everyone to myself.” What many misread today as Jesus’ insult on his mother was actually a way of expressing the magnanimity of God’s mercy. Among the Jews, blood relationship is...

⏰Monday of the Sixteenth Week of Ordinary Time 2 (23 July 2018) 📖Mic 6:1-4, 6-8; Ps 50:5-6, 8-9, 16bc-17, 21 and 23 (R.v.23bc); Matt 12:38-42 It is a brand new week my dear and the prophet Micah offers us the above tips to enable us receive God’s approval. 👉To do justice entails proper conducts towards others in every facet of societal living. 👉To love kindness means to act with mercy, loyalty and fidelity towards them. 👉To walk humbly with God refers to being in the presence of God and depending totally on him. Those who are able to keep to...