Sunday, 2 August 2015 : Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Luke...
He entered Jericho and was passing through it. A man was there named Zacchaeus; he was a chief tax-collector and was rich. He was trying to see who Jesus was, but on account of the crowd he could not,...
View ArticleSunday, 2 August 2015 : Letter to the Ephesians 2,17-22.
Jesus came and proclaimed peace to you who were far off and peace to those who were near; for through him both of us have access in one Spirit to the Father. So then you are no longer strangers and...
View ArticleSunday, 2 August 2015 : Commentary Blessed Jan van Ruusbroec
Some people are very like Zacchaeus. They desire to see Jesus as he is. All power of reason and all natural light are too short and small for this, so they run ahead of all crowds and all the...
View ArticleMonday, 3 August 2015 : Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Luke...
Someone in the crowd said to him, ‘Teacher, tell my brother to divide the family inheritance with me.’ But he said to him, ‘Friend, who set me to be a judge or arbitrator over you?’ And he said to...
View ArticleMonday, 3 August 2015 : Acts of the Apostles 23,12-22.
In the morning the Jews joined in a conspiracy and bound themselves by an oath neither to eat nor drink until they had killed Paul. There were more than forty who joined in this conspiracy. They went...
View ArticleTuesday, 4 August 2015 : Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Luke...
Jesus said to his disciples, ‘Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat, or about your body, what you will wear. For life is more than food, and the body more than clothing....
View ArticleTuesday, 4 August 2015 : Acts of the Apostles 23,23-35.
Then he summoned two of the centurions and said, ‘Get ready to leave by nine o’clock tonight for Caesarea with two hundred soldiers, seventy horsemen, and two hundred spearmen. Also provide mounts for...
View ArticleWednesday, 5 August 2015 : Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint...
‘Do not be afraid, little flock, for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom. Sell your possessions, and give alms. Make purses for yourselves that do not wear out, an unfailing...
View ArticleWednesday, 5 August 2015 : Acts of the Apostles 24,1-2a.5-6.9-13.17-21.
Five days later the high priest Ananias came down with some elders and an attorney, a certain Tertullus, and they reported their case against Paul to the governor. When Paul had been summoned,...
View ArticleThursday, 6 August 2015 : Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Mark...
And he said to them, ‘Truly I tell you, there are some standing here who will not taste death until they see that the kingdom of God has come with power.’ Six days later, Jesus took with him Peter and...
View ArticleThursday, 6 August 2015 : Second Letter to the Corinthians 3,7-17.
If the ministry of death, chiselled in letters on stone tablets, came in glory so that the people of Israel could not gaze at Moses’ face because of the glory of his face, a glory now set aside, how...
View ArticleFriday, 7 August 2015 : Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Luke...
The Lord said, ‘Who then is the faithful and prudent manager whom his master will put in charge of his slaves, to give them their allowance of food at the proper time? Blessed is that slave whom his...
View ArticleFriday, 7 August 2015 : Acts of the Apostles 25,13-14.22-27.
After several days had passed, King Agrippa and Bernice arrived at Caesarea to welcome Festus. Since they were staying there for several days, Festus laid Paul’s case before the king, saying, ‘There is...
View ArticleSaturday, 8 August 2015 : Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Luke...
‘I came to bring fire to the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled! I have a baptism with which to be baptized, and what stress I am under until it is completed! Do you think that I have come...
View ArticleSaturday, 8 August 2015 : Acts of the Apostles 26,1-2a.6-10.12-19.
Agrippa said to Paul, ‘You have permission to speak for yourself.’ Then Paul stretched out his hand and began to defend himself: ‘I consider myself fortunate that it is before you, King Agrippa, I am...
View ArticleSunday, 9 August 2015 : Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint...
Jesus left that place and went away to the district of Tyre and Sidon. Just then a Canaanite woman from that region came out and started shouting, ‘Have mercy on me, Lord, Son of David; my daughter is...
View ArticleSunday, 9 August 2015 : Letter to the Ephesians 3,1-13.
This is the reason that I Paul am a prisoner for Christ Jesus for the sake of you Gentiles for surely you have already heard of the commission of God’s grace that was given to me for you, and how the...
View ArticleSunday, 9 August 2015 : Commentary Saint Bede the Venerable
The Gospel shows us the Canaanite woman’s great faith, her patience, her perseverance and humility… This woman was gifted with a truly uncommon patience. After her first request, the Lord didn’t answer...
View ArticleMonday, 10 August 2015 : Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Luke...
Jesus also said to the crowds, ‘When you see a cloud rising in the west, you immediately say, "It is going to rain"; and so it happens. And when you see the south wind blowing, you say, "There will be...
View ArticleMonday, 10 August 2015 : Acts of the Apostles 27,1-4.8a.14-15.18-21a.22-26.
When it was decided that we were to sail for Italy, they transferred Paul and some other prisoners to a centurion of the Augustan Cohort, named Julius. Embarking on a ship of Adramyttium that was about...
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