GOSPEL REFLECTION OF POPE FRANCIS – 09/30/23 (Memorial of Saint Jerome, Priest and Doctor of the Church)

From the Gospel according to LukeLk 9:43b-45 While they were all amazed at his every deed,Jesus said to his disciples,“Pay attention to what I am telling you.The Son of Man is to be handed over to men.”But they did not understand this saying;its meaning was hidden from themso that they should not understand it,and they

GOSPEL REFLECTION OF POPE FRANCIS – 09/29/23 (Feast of Saints Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael, archangels)

From the Gospel according to JohnJn 1:47-51 Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him and said of him,“Here is a true child of Israel.There is no duplicity in him.”Nathanael said to him, “How do you know me?”Jesus answered and said to him,“Before Philip called you, I saw you under the fig tree.”Nathanael answered him,“Rabbi, you are

GOSPEL REFLECTION OF POPE FRANCIS – 09/28/23 (Memorial of Saints Lawrence Ruiz and Companions, Martyrs)

From the Gospel according to LukeLk 9:7-9 Herod the tetrarch heard about all that was happening,and he was greatly perplexed because some were saying,“John has been raised from the dead”;others were saying, “Elijah has appeared”;still others, “One of the ancient prophets has arisen.”But Herod said, “John I beheaded.Who then is this about whom I hear

GOSPEL REFLECTION OF POPE FRANCIS – 09/27/23 (Memorial of Saint Vincent de Paul, Priest)

From the Gospel according to LukeLk 9:1-6 Jesus summoned the Twelve and gave them power and authorityover all demons and to cure diseases,and he sent them to proclaim the Kingdom of Godand to heal the sick.He said to them, “Take nothing for the journey,neither walking stick, nor sack, nor food, nor money,and let no one

GOSPEL REFLECTION OF POPE FRANCIS – 09/26/23 (Tuesday of the Twenty-fifth Week in Ordinary Time)

From the Gospel according to LukeLk 8:19-21 The mother of Jesus and his brothers came to himbut were unable to join him because of the crowd.He was told, “Your mother and your brothers are standing outsideand they wish to see you.”He said to them in reply, “My mother and my brothersare those who hear the

GOSPEL REFLECTION OF POPE FRANCIS – 09/25/23 (Monday of the Twenty-fifth Week in Ordinary Time)

From the Gospel according to LukeLk 8:16-18 Jesus said to the crowd:“No one who lights a lamp conceals it with a vesselor sets it under a bed;rather, he places it on a lampstandso that those who enter may see the light.For there is nothing hidden that will not become visible,and nothing secret that will not

THE WAY OF GOD – 09/24/23 (Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time)

From the Gospel according to MatthewMt 20:1-16 Jesus told his disciples this parable:“The kingdom of heaven is like a landownerwho went out at dawn to hire laborers for his vineyard.After agreeing with them for the usual daily wage,he sent them into his vineyard.Going out about nine o’clock,the landowner saw others standing idle in the marketplace,and

GOSPEL REFLECTION OF POPE FRANCIS – 09/23/23 (Memorial of Saint Padre Pio)

From the Gospel according to LukeLk 8:4-15 When a large crowd gathered, with people from one town after anotherjourneying to Jesus, he spoke in a parable.“A sower went out to sow his seed.And as he sowed, some seed fell on the path and was trampled,and the birds of the sky ate it up.Some seed fell

GOSPEL REFLECTION OF POPE FRANCIS – 09/22/23 (Friday of the Twenty-fourth Week in Ordinary Time)

From the Gospel according to LukeLk 8:1-3 Jesus journeyed from one town and village to another,preaching and proclaiming the good news of the Kingdom of God.Accompanying him were the Twelveand some women who had been cured of evil spirits and infirmities,Mary, called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had gone out,Joanna, the wife of Herod’s steward

GOSPEL REFLECTION OF POPE FRANCIS – 09/21/23 (Feast of Saint Matthew, Apostle and evangelist)

From the Gospel according to MatthewMt 9.9-13 As Jesus passed by,he saw a man named Matthew sitting at the customs post.He said to him, “Follow me.”And he got up and followed him.While he was at table in his house,many tax collectors and sinners cameand sat with Jesus and his disciples.The Pharisees saw this and said