In today’s Gospel Jesus sends the Twelve Apostles to continue his mission and announce his message of the healing love and mercy of God. “Jesus summoned the Twelve and gave them power and authority over all demons and to cure diseases, and he sent them to proclaim the...
Today our Jewish brothers and sisters observe Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement. On this day they confess their sins and experience the great mercy of God as they sing in the Psalm 103: “The Lord is kind and merciful, slow to anger, and rich in compassion.” (Psalm...
In today’s first reading Paul teaches that “all you need is love” but love in a Christian sense. He closes his reflection on the virtue of love with the statement: “So, faith, hope, love remain…but the greatest is love.” This hymn is often used as one of the...
Today we celebrate the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross. The cross proclaims to us Jesus’ humility and sacrifice. The second reading from Philippians brings out the way of exaltation through humility. First the hymn proclaims the humility or self-emptying...
In today’s Gospel Jesus instructs us to look at our own faults instead of focusing on the faults of another: “Why do you notice the splinter in your brother’s eye, but do not perceive the wooden beam in your own?” (Luke 6:42). This saying is part of the...
