WHAT IS OUR MOTIVATION IN LIFE? – 10/31/22 (Monday of the Thirty-first Week in Ordinary Time)

Luke 14:12–14He said also to the man who had invited him, “When you give a dinner or a banquet, do not invite your friends or your brothers or your kinsmen or rich neighbors, lest they also invite you in return, and you be repaid. But when you give a feast, invite the poor, the maimed,

OVERLOOKING SINS – 10/30/22 (Thirty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time)

Luke 19:1–4He entered Jericho and was passing through. And there was a man named Zacchaeus; he was a chief tax collector, and rich. And he sought to see who Jesus was, but could not, on account of the crowd, because he was small of stature. So he ran on ahead and climbed up into a

HUMBLED TO BE HUMBLE – 10/29/22 (Saturday of the Thirtieth Week in Ordinary Time)

Luke 14:8-9“When you are invited by someone to a wedding banquet, do not recline at table in the place of honor. A more distinguished guest than you may have been invited by him, and the host who invited both of you may approach you and say, ‘Give your place to this man,’ and then you

PRAYER, THE FOUNDATION OF GOOD WORKS – 10/28/22 (Feast of Saints Simon and Jude, Apostles)

Luke 6:12Jesus went up to the mountain to pray, and he spent the night in prayer to God. For the full readings, click here: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/102822.cfm Blessed Feast of Saints Simon and Jude, Apostles! Not much is known about St. Simon the Zealot and St. Jude in the Scriptures besides being named in the gospel reading

GOD IS PREPARING AND PROTECTING US IN THIS SPIRITUAL BATTLE – 10/27/22 (Thursday of the Thirtieth Week in Ordinary Time)

Luke 13:31-32Some Pharisees came to Jesus and said, “Go away, leave this area because Herod wants to kill you.” He replied, “Go and tell that fox, ‘Behold, I cast out demons and I perform healings today and tomorrow, and on the third day I accomplish my purpose.’“ For the full readings, click here: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/102920.cfm Blessed

Luke 13:27“Then he will say to you, ‘I do not know where you are from. Depart from me, all you evildoers!’” For the full readings, click here: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/102622.cfm Blessed Wednesday! Our Lord Jesus is true in His promises for us. It’s impossible for Him to lie to us because Jesus is the Truth, and this

THE KINGDOM OF GOD IN OUR HEARTS – 10/25/22 (Tuesday of 30th Week In Ordinary Time)

Luke 13:18–19He said therefore, “What is the kingdom of God like? And to what shall I compare it? It is like a grain of mustard seed which a man took and sowed in his garden; and it grew and became a tree, and the birds of the air made nests in its branches.” For the

GLORIFYING GOD AFTER OUR CONVERSION – 10/24/22 (Memorial of Saint Anthony Mary Claret, Bishop)

Luke 13:10-13Jesus was teaching in a synagogue on the sabbath. And a woman was there who for eighteen years had been crippled by a spirit; she was bent over, completely incapable of standing erect. When Jesus saw her, he called to her and said, “Woman, you are set free of your infirmity.” He laid his

TRUE HUMILITY IN PRAYER – 10/23/22 (Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time)

Luke 18:13–15“But the tax collector, standing far off, would not even lift up his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, ‘God, be merciful to me a sinner!’ I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other; for every one who exalts himself will be humbled, but he

REPENT AND REJOICE – 10/22/22 (Memorial of Saint John Paul II, pope)

Luke 13:7-9“‘For three years now I have come in search of fruit on this fig tree but have found none. So cut it down. Why should it exhaust the soil?’ He said to him in reply, ‘Sir, leave it for this year also, and I shall cultivate the ground around it and fertilize it; it