Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

The central figure in today’s Gospel is the Good Samaritan, the one who looked with compassion upon a stranger in need and treated him with mercy. Throughout this week we will find that we can gain a deeper insight into the readings if we ponder them in light of the...

Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Sometimes our call as missionary disciples is truly challenging. It is, after all, a call to follow Jesus in the way of the Cross. It demands detachment and firm commitment. But we should not conclude from this that discipleship is all negative. Today’s readings speak...

Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time

As a very timely preparation for the approaching holy Season of Lent, the Liturgy on this Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time gives us great insight into the relationship between our exterior behavior and our interior life, between what everyone can see and what God sees....

Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time

In the Book of Genesis, we read that God created us human beings to be like himself: “God created mankind in his image, in the image of God he created them” (Gen 1:27). So by our very nature, we are like God. But what does it mean to be “like God”? St. John gives us...