GOSPEL REFLECTION OF POPE FRANCIS – 06/30/23 (Friday of the Twelfth Week in Ordinary Time)

From the Gospel according to MatthewMt 8, 1-4 When Jesus came down from the mountain, great crowds followed him.And then a leper approached, did him homage, and said,“Lord, if you wish, you can make me clean.”He stretched out his hand, touched him, and said,“I will do it. Be made clean.”His leprosy was cleansed immediately.Then Jesus

GOSPEL REFLECTION OF POPE FRANCIS – 06/29/23 (Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul, Apostles)

From the Gospel according to MatthewMt 16:13-19 When Jesus went into the region of Caesarea Philippihe asked his disciples,“Who do people say that the Son of Man is?”They replied, “Some say John the Baptist, others Elijah,still others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.”He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?”Simon Peter

GOSPEL REFLECTION OF POPE FRANCIS – 06/28/23 (Wednesday of the Twelfth Week in Ordinary Time)

From the Gospel according to MatthewMt 7,15-20 Jesus said to his disciples:“Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing,but underneath are ravenous wolves.By their fruits you will know them.Do people pick grapes from thornbushes, or figs from thistles?Just so, every good tree bears good fruit,and a rotten tree bears bad fruit.A good

GOSPEL REFLECTION OF POPE FRANCIS – 06/27/23 (Tuesday of the Twelfth Week in Ordinary Time)

GOSPEL OF THE DAYFrom the Gospel according to MatthewMt 7,6.12-14 Jesus said to his disciples:“Do not give what is holy to dogs, or throw your pearls before swine,lest they trample them underfoot, and turn and tear you to pieces. “Do to others whatever you would have them do to you.This is the Law and the

GOSPEL REFLECTION OF POPE FRANCIS – 06/26/23 (Monday of the Twelfth Week in Ordinary Time)

GOSPEL OF THE DAYFrom the Gospel according to MatthewMt 7,1-5 Jesus said to his disciples:“Stop judging, that you may not be judged.For as you judge, so will you be judged,and the measure with which you measure will be measured out to you.Why do you notice the splinter in your brother’s eye,but do not perceive the

GOSPEL REFLECTION OF POPE FRANCIS – 06/25/23 (Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time)

GOSPEL OF THE DAYFrom the Gospel according to MatthewMt 10,26-33 Jesus said to the Twelve:“Fear no one.Nothing is concealed that will not be revealed,nor secret that will not be known.What I say to you in the darkness, speak in the light;what you hear whispered, proclaim on the housetops.And do not be afraid of those who

GOSPEL OF THE DAY BY POPE FRANCIS

June 24, 2023. Solemnity of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist. From the Gospel according to LukeLk 1, 57-66.80 When the time arrived for Elizabeth to have her childshe gave birth to a son.Her neighbors and relatives heardthat the Lord had shown his great mercy toward her,and they rejoiced with her.When they came on

GOSPEL REFLECTION OF POPE FRANCIS – 06/23/23 (Friday of the Eleventh Week in Ordinary Time)

Mt 6:19-23 Jesus said to his disciples:“Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth,where moth and decay destroy, and thieves break in and steal.But store up treasures in heaven,where neither moth nor decay destroys, nor thieves break in and steal.For where your treasure is, there also will your heart be. “The lamp of the

GOSPEL REFLECTION OF POPE FRANCIS – 06/22/23 (Thursday of the Eleventh Week in Ordinary Time)

Matthew 6:7-15Jesus said to his disciples: “In praying, do not babble like the pagans, who think that they will be heard because of their many words. Do not be like them. Your Father knows what you need before you ask him. “This is how you are to pray: ‘Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed

REWARD – 06/21/23 (Memorial of St. Aloysius Gonzaga, Religious)

Matthew 6:2-6When you give alms, do not blow a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets to win the praise of others. Amen, I say to you, they have received their reward. But when you give alms, do not let your left hand know what your right is