Wednesday, August 30, 2029 1 Thes 2:9-13; Mt 23:27-32 In today’s gospel, Jesus exposes the hypocrisy of the Scribes and Pharisees. That he detests the vice is seen in his pronouncement ‘Woe to you.’ Just like the white-washed tomb that only housed the bones of the dead, they had no problem pretending to be who […]
Tuesday, August 29, 2023 Memorial of the Passion of Saint John the Baptist! Jer 1:17-19; Mk 6:17-29 In today’s gospel, we find Herod becoming the example of how, without a deliberate effort toward an act of conversion, any external influence could remain powerless. 1.Though Herod was a ruler, when John the Baptist warned him about
Monday, August 28, 2023 Feast of St. Augustine! 1 Jn 4:7-16; Mt 23: 8-12 If there is a major figure whose authority on Christian theology is indisputable, it is St. Augustine! He shaped the theology of the Church on grace, salvation, sin, free will, the Trinity, baptism etc. Looking at St. Augustine’s legacy spanning many