𝐅𝐄𝐁. 𝟏𝟔, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔: 𝐒𝐈𝐗𝐓𝐇 𝐖𝐄𝐄𝐊 𝐈𝐍 𝐎𝐑𝐃𝐈𝐍𝐀𝐑𝐘 𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐄 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝟏: 𝐉𝐚𝐦 𝟏:𝟏-𝟏𝟏 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐦: 𝐏𝐬𝐚 𝟏𝟏𝟗:𝟔𝟕-𝟔𝟖, 𝟕𝟏-𝟕𝟐, 𝟕𝟓-𝟕𝟔 “𝐁𝐞 𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐞, 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞.” 𝐆𝐎𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐋: 𝐌𝐊 𝟖:𝟏𝟏-𝟏𝟑 𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞: “𝐧𝐨 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐢𝐭.” (𝐯.𝟏𝟐) Today’s Gospel provides us with a sign of the stubbornness of the Pharisees as they kept pre

𝐅𝐄𝐁. 𝟏𝟓, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔: 𝐒𝐈𝐗𝐓𝐇 𝐒𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐀𝐘 𝐈𝐍 𝐎𝐑𝐃𝐈𝐍𝐀𝐑𝐘 𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐄 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝟏: 𝐒𝐢𝐫 𝟏𝟓:𝟏𝟓-𝟐𝟎 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐦: 𝐏𝐬 𝟏𝟏𝟗:𝟏, 𝟐, 𝟓, 𝟒, 𝟏𝟕, 𝟏𝟖, 𝟑𝟑, 𝟑𝟒 "𝐁𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐰 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝." 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝟐: 𝟏 𝐂𝐨𝐫 𝟐:𝟔-𝟏𝟎 𝐆𝐎𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐋: 𝐌𝐀𝐓𝐓 𝟓:𝟏𝟕-𝟑𝟕 𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞: “…𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐯𝐨𝐰𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞.”

𝐅𝐄𝐁. 𝟏𝟒, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔: 𝐅𝐈𝐅𝐓𝐇 𝐖𝐄𝐄𝐊 𝐈𝐍 𝐎𝐑𝐃𝐈𝐍𝐀𝐑𝐘 𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐄 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝟏: 𝟏 𝐊𝐠𝐬 𝟏𝟐:𝟐𝟔-𝟑𝟐; 𝟏𝟑:𝟑𝟑-𝟑𝟒 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐦: 𝐏𝐬𝐚 𝟏𝟎𝟔:𝟔-𝟕, 𝟏𝟗-𝟐𝟐 “𝐑𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐮𝐬, 𝐎 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝, 𝐚𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐟𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞.” 𝐆𝐎𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐋: 𝐌𝐊 𝟖:𝟏-𝟏𝟎 𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞: “𝐈 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞…” (𝐯.𝟐) It is the natural tendency among heads of families to pro

𝐅𝐄𝐁. 𝟏𝟑, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔: 𝐅𝐈𝐅𝐓𝐇 𝐖𝐄𝐄𝐊 𝐈𝐍 𝐎𝐑𝐃𝐈𝐍𝐀𝐑𝐘 𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐄 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝟏: 𝟏 𝐊𝐠𝐬 𝟏𝟏:𝟐𝟗-𝟑𝟐; 𝟏𝟐:𝟏𝟗 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐦: 𝐏𝐬𝐚 𝟖𝟏:𝟏𝟎-𝟏𝟓 “𝐈 𝐚𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐆𝐨𝐝, 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐦𝐲 𝐯𝐨𝐢𝐜𝐞.” 𝐆𝐎𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐋: 𝐌𝐊 𝟕:𝟑𝟏-𝟑𝟕 𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞: “𝐁𝐞 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐝.” (𝐯.𝟑𝟒) If there is one verse in the Sacred Scriptures that summarizes the nature of God in relation to man, you can find and it in 𝐉𝐧

𝐅𝐄𝐁. 𝟏𝟐, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔: 𝐅𝐈𝐅𝐓𝐇 𝐖𝐄𝐄𝐊 𝐈𝐍 𝐎𝐑𝐃𝐈𝐍𝐀𝐑𝐘 𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐄 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝟏: 𝟏 𝐊𝐠𝐬 𝟏𝟏:𝟒-𝟏𝟑 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐦: 𝐏𝐬𝐚 𝟏𝟎𝟔:𝟑-𝟒, 𝟑𝟓-𝟑𝟕, 𝟒𝟎 “𝐑𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐮𝐬, 𝐎 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝, 𝐚𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐟𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞.” 𝐆𝐎𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐋: 𝐌𝐊 𝟕:𝟐𝟒-𝟑𝟎 𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞: “𝐈 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐝𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐫.” (𝐯.𝟐𝟗) There is probably no person on earth who doesn’t have faith. I am certain that

𝐅𝐄𝐁. 𝟏𝟏, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔: 𝐅𝐈𝐅𝐓𝐇 𝐖𝐄𝐄𝐊 𝐈𝐍 𝐎𝐑𝐃𝐈𝐍𝐀𝐑𝐘 𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐄 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝟏: 𝟏𝐬𝐭 𝐊𝐠𝐬 𝟏𝟎:𝟏-𝟏𝟎 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐦: 𝐏𝐬𝐚 𝟑𝟕:𝟓-𝟔, 𝟑𝟎-𝟑𝟏, 𝟑𝟗-𝟒𝟎 “𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐦𝐮𝐫𝐦𝐮𝐫𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐝𝐨𝐦.” 𝐆𝐎𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐋: 𝐌𝐊 𝟕:𝟏𝟒-𝟐𝟑 𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞: “..𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐧.” (𝐯.𝟏𝟓) Parables are intended to illuminate certain truth

𝐅𝐄𝐁. 𝟏𝟎, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔: 𝐌𝐄𝐌𝐎𝐑𝐈𝐀𝐋 𝐎𝐅 𝐒𝐓. 𝐒𝐂𝐇𝐎𝐋𝐀𝐒𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐀, 𝐕𝐢𝐫𝐠𝐢𝐧 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝟏: 𝟏 𝐊𝐠𝐬 𝟖:𝟐𝟐-𝟐𝟑, 𝟐𝟕-𝟑𝟎 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐦: 𝐏𝐬𝐚 𝟖𝟒:𝟑-𝟓, 𝟏𝟎-𝟏𝟏 “𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐢𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐝𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞, 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝, 𝐦𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐲 𝐆𝐨𝐝!” 𝐆𝐎𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐋: 𝐌𝐊 𝟕:𝟏-𝟏𝟑 𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞: “𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐫 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐦𝐞.” (𝐯.𝟔) As with other organizations, temporal or spi

𝐅𝐄𝐁. 𝟗, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔: 𝐅𝐈𝐅𝐓𝐇 𝐖𝐄𝐄𝐊 𝐈𝐍 𝐎𝐑𝐃𝐈𝐍𝐀𝐑𝐘 𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐄 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝟏: 𝟏 𝐊𝐠𝐬 𝟖:𝟏-𝟕, 𝟗-𝟏 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐦: 𝐏𝐬𝐚 𝟏𝟑𝟐:𝟔-𝟏𝟎 “𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝, 𝐠𝐨 𝐮𝐩 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭.” 𝐆𝐎𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐋: 𝐌𝐊 𝟔:𝟓𝟑-𝟓𝟔 𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞: “𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐭𝐨𝐮𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐝.” (𝐯.𝟓𝟔) Many years back, the Philippines became a favorite destination of foreigners p

𝐅𝐄𝐁. 𝟖, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔: 𝐅𝐈𝐅𝐓𝐇 𝐒𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐀𝐘 𝐈𝐍 𝐎𝐑𝐃𝐈𝐍𝐀𝐑𝐘 𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐄 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝟏: 𝐈𝐬𝐚 𝟓𝟖:𝟕-𝟏𝟎 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐦: 𝐏𝐬𝐚 𝟏𝟏𝟐:𝟒-𝟗 “𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐮𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭.” 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝟐: 𝟏 𝐂𝐨𝐫 𝟐:𝟏-𝟓 𝐆𝐎𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐋: 𝐌𝐀𝐓𝐓 𝟓:𝟏𝟑-𝟏𝟔 𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞: “𝐋𝐞𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐦𝐞𝐧,” (𝐯.𝟏𝟔) The Gospel reading on this Fifth Sun

𝐅𝐄𝐁. 𝟕, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔: 𝐅𝐎𝐔𝐑𝐓𝐇 𝐖𝐄𝐄𝐊 𝐈𝐍 𝐎𝐑𝐃𝐈𝐍𝐀𝐑𝐘 𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐄 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝟏: 𝟏 𝐊𝐠𝐬 𝟑:𝟒-𝟏𝟑 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐦: 𝐏𝐬𝐚 𝟏𝟏𝟗:𝟗-𝟏𝟒 “𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝, 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐦𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐬.” 𝐆𝐎𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐋: 𝐌𝐊 𝟔:𝟑𝟎-𝟑𝟒 𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞: “..𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐚 𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐝.” (𝐯.𝟑𝟒) Today’s Gospel reading shows us the human side of Jesus. When we go through this kind of nar

𝐅𝐄𝐁. 𝟔, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔: 𝐌𝐄𝐌𝐎𝐑𝐈𝐀𝐋 𝐎𝐅 𝐒𝐓. 𝐏𝐀𝐔𝐋 𝐌𝐈𝐊𝐈 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬, 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐲𝐫𝐬 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝟏: 𝐒𝐢𝐫 𝟒𝟕:𝟐-𝟏𝟏 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐦: 𝐏𝐬𝐚 𝟏𝟖:𝟑𝟏, 𝟒𝟕, 𝟓𝟎-𝟓𝟏 “𝐁𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐞 𝐆𝐨𝐝 𝐦𝐲 𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧.” 𝐆𝐎𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐋: 𝐌𝐊 𝟔:𝟏𝟒-𝟐𝟗 𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞: “…"...𝐲𝐞𝐭 𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐢𝐦." (𝐯.𝟐𝟎) It is always a joy to see our Churches filled with pa

𝐅𝐄𝐁. 𝟓. 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔: 𝐌𝐄𝐌𝐎𝐑𝐈𝐀𝐋 𝐎𝐅 𝐒𝐓. 𝐀𝐆𝐀𝐓𝐇𝐀, 𝐕𝐢𝐫𝐠𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐲𝐫 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝟏: 𝟏 𝐊𝐠𝐬 𝟐:𝟏-𝟒, 𝟏𝟎-𝟏𝟐 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐦: 𝟏 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐨 𝟐𝟗:𝟏𝟎-𝟏𝟐 “𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝, 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐥𝐥.” 𝐆𝐎𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐋: 𝐌𝐊 𝟔:𝟕-𝟏𝟑 𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞: “…𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐭.” (𝐯.𝟏𝟐) When we were invited to attend the formation program of the Bukas Loob sa Diyos Covenant Community following our completion o

𝐅𝐄𝐁. 𝟒, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔: 𝐅𝐎𝐔𝐑𝐓𝐇 𝐖𝐄𝐄𝐊 𝐈𝐍 𝐎𝐑𝐃𝐈𝐍𝐀𝐑𝐘 𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐄 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝟏: 𝟐 𝐒𝐚𝐦 𝟐𝟒:𝟐, 𝟗-𝟏𝟕 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐦: 𝐏𝐬𝐚 𝟑𝟐:𝟏-𝟐, 𝟓-𝟕 “𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝, 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐈 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐞.” 𝐆𝐎𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐋: 𝐌𝐤 𝟔:𝟏-𝟔 𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞: “…𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐫.” (𝐯.𝟒) There were many times in the past when my life looked like a blur, whe

𝐅𝐄𝐁. 𝟐, 𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟑: 𝐏𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐋𝐎𝐑𝐃 𝐀𝐓 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐓𝐄𝐌𝐏𝐋𝐄 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐈: 𝐌𝐚𝐥 𝟑:𝟏-𝟒 𝐏𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐦: 𝐏𝐬𝐚 𝟐𝟒:𝟕-𝟏𝟎 “𝐖𝐡𝐨 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐊𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟 𝐆𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐲? 𝐈𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝.” 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐈𝐈: 𝐇𝐞𝐛 𝟐:𝟏𝟒-𝟏𝟖 𝐆𝐎𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐋: 𝐋𝐊 𝟐:𝟐𝟐-𝟒𝟎 𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞: “𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝 𝐢𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐈𝐬𝐫𝐚𝐞𝐥.” (𝐯.

𝐅𝐄𝐁. 𝟏, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔: 𝐅𝐎𝐔𝐑𝐓𝐇 𝐒𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐀𝐘 𝐈𝐍 𝐎𝐑𝐃𝐈𝐍𝐀𝐑𝐘 𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐄 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐈: 𝐙𝐞𝐩 𝟐:𝟑; 𝟑:𝟏𝟐-𝟏𝟑 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐦: 𝐏𝐬𝐚 𝟏𝟒𝟔: 𝟔-𝟏𝟎 “𝐁𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐨𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐭; 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐝𝐨𝐦 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫𝐬.” 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐈𝐈: 𝟏 𝐂𝐨𝐫 𝟏:𝟐𝟔-𝟑𝟏 𝐆𝐎𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐋: 𝐌𝐀𝐓𝐓 𝟓:𝟏-𝟏𝟐 𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞: “𝑹𝒆𝒋𝒐𝒊𝒄𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒃𝒆 𝒈𝒍𝒂𝒅, 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒓

𝐉𝐀𝐍. 𝟑𝟏, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔: 𝐌𝐄𝐌𝐎𝐑𝐈𝐀𝐋 𝐎𝐅 𝐒𝐓. 𝐉𝐎𝐇𝐍 𝐁𝐎𝐒𝐂𝐎, 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐈: 𝟐 𝐒𝐚𝐦 𝟏𝟐:𝟏-𝟕, 𝟏𝟎-𝟏𝟕 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐦: 𝐏𝐬𝐚 𝟓𝟏:𝟏𝟐-𝟏𝟕 "𝐂𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐦𝐞 𝐚 𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭, 𝐎 𝐆𝐨𝐝." 𝐆𝐎𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐋: 𝐌𝐤 𝟒:𝟑𝟓-𝟒𝟏 𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞: "𝐐𝐮𝐢𝐞𝐭! 𝐁𝐞 𝐒𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥! (𝐯.𝟑𝟗) I once lived a life where I couldn't care less about what happens to others. Sure, I took care of my family

𝐉𝐀𝐍. 𝟑𝟎, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔: 𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐑𝐃 𝐖𝐄𝐄𝐊 𝐈𝐍 𝐎𝐑𝐃𝐈𝐍𝐀𝐑𝐘 𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐄 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐈: 𝟐 𝐒𝐚𝐦 𝟏𝟏:𝟏-𝟏𝟎, 𝟏𝟑-𝟏𝟕 𝐏𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐦: 𝐏𝐬𝐚 𝟓𝟏:𝟑-𝟕, 𝟏𝟎-𝟏𝟏 “𝐁𝐞 𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐢𝐟𝐮𝐥, 𝐎 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝, 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐰𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐝.” 𝐆𝐎𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐋: 𝐌𝐤 𝟒:𝟐𝟔-𝟑𝟒 𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞: “𝐇𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠.” (𝐯.𝟑𝟒) Today’s gospel reading spells out in very clear terms not just our calling, but it provides us with the foundation fr

𝐉𝐀𝐍. 𝟐𝟗, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔: 𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐑𝐃 𝐖𝐄𝐄𝐊 𝐈𝐍 𝐎𝐑𝐃𝐈𝐍𝐀𝐑𝐘 𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐄 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐈: 𝟐 𝐒𝐚𝐦 𝟕:𝟏𝟖-𝟏𝟗, 𝟐𝟒-𝟐𝟗 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐦: 𝐏𝐬𝐚 𝟏𝟑𝟐:𝟏-𝟓, 𝟏𝟏-𝟏𝟒 “𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐆𝐨𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐃𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐝, 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫.” 𝐆𝐎𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐋: 𝐌𝐤 𝟒:𝟐𝟏-𝟐𝟓 𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞: “𝐀𝐧𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫.” (𝐯.𝟐𝟑) This is probably one of the most signif

𝐉𝐀𝐍. 𝟐𝟖, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔: 𝐅𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐓 𝐎𝐅 𝐒𝐓. 𝐓𝐇𝐎𝐌𝐀𝐒 𝐀𝐂𝐐𝐔𝐈𝐍𝐀𝐒, 𝐁𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐩 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐃𝐨𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐈: 𝟐 𝐒𝐚𝐦 𝟕:𝟒-𝟏𝟕 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐦: 𝐏𝐬𝐚 𝟖𝟗:𝟒-𝟓, 𝟐𝟕-𝟑𝟎 “𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐈 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐦𝐲 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐲 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐭.” 𝐆𝐎𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐋: 𝐌𝐤 𝟒:𝟏-𝟐𝟎 𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐝: “𝐖𝐡𝐨𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫.” (𝐯.𝟗) As we step deeper into the exercise

𝐉𝐀𝐍. 𝟐𝟔, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔: 𝐅𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐓 𝐎𝐅 𝐒𝐓𝐒. 𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐎𝐓𝐇𝐘 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐓𝐈𝐓𝐔𝐒, 𝐁𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐩𝐬 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐈: 𝟐 𝐓𝐢𝐦 𝟏:𝟏-𝟖 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐦: 𝐏𝐬𝐚 𝟗𝟔:𝟏-𝟑, 𝟕-𝟖, 𝟏𝟎 “𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐦 𝐆𝐨𝐝’𝐬 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬.” 𝐆𝐎𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐋: 𝐌𝐤 𝟑:𝟐𝟐-𝟑𝟎 𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞: “𝐖𝐡𝐨𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐨𝐥𝐲 𝐒𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐧.” (𝐯.𝟐�