by SrMaryTerzo | Jan 24, 2025 | Uncategorized
FRIENDS and SERVANTS of the WORD24 January 2025 Friday 2 Ordinary TimeSAINT FRANCIS di SALES WORD of the DAYJesus went up the mountain and summoned those whom he wanted and they came to him. He appointed Twelve, whom he also named Apostles, that they might be with him and he might send them forth to preach and to have authority to drive out demons: He appointed the Twelve: Simon, whom he named Peter; James, son of Zebedee, and John the brother of James, whom he named Boanerges, that is, sons of thunder; Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus; Thaddeus, Simon the Cananean, and Judas Iscariot who betrayed him. (Mark 3: 13-19) How shall I live this Word? The first thing we find in today’s gospel is that Jesus goes up on the mountain, and after having prayed, calls whom He wants. He makes use of His freedom and calls. Even the called answer freely, “they went to him.” The vocation is the meeting of two freedoms. In this call, three aspects are highlighted: discipleship, being with Jesus but in community, enjoying His intimacy, His company, being alone with Him. The mission: they were sent to...
by SrMaryTerzo | Jan 23, 2025 | Uncategorized
FRIENDS and SERVANTS of the WORD23 January 2025 Thursday 2 Ordinary Time WORD of the DAYJesus withdrew toward the sea with his disciples. A large number of people followed from Galilee and from Judea. Hearing what he was doing, a large number of people came to him also from Jerusalem, from Idumea, from beyond the Jordan, and from the neighborhood of Tyre and Sidon. He told his disciples to have a boat ready for him because of the crowd, so that they would not crush him. He had cured many and, as a result, those who had diseases were pressing upon him to touch him. And whenever unclean spirits saw him, they would fall down before him and shout, “You are the Son of God.” He warned them sternly not to make him known. (Mark 3: 7-12) How shall I live this Word? Today’s gospel tells us that a great crowd followed Jesus, going from one place to another. People had found Jesus and with Him, hope; they were no longer without a goal; they had become pilgrims of hope. They continued to trust in Him, those who suffered from something, hoped that only touching Him could heal and...
by SrMaryTerzo | Jan 22, 2025 | Uncategorized
FRIENDS and SERVANTS of the WORD22 January 2025 Wednesday 2 Ordinary TimeBLESSED LAURA VICUNA WORD of the DAYJesus entered the synagogue. There was a man there who had a withered hand. They watched Jesus closelyto see if he would cure him on the sabbath so that they might accuse him. He said to the man with the withered hand, “Come up here before us.” Then he said to the Pharisees, “Is it lawful to do good on the sabbath rather than to do evil, to save life rather than to destroy it?” But they remained silent. Looking around at them with anger and grieved at their hardness of heart, Jesus said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” He stretched it out and his hand was restored. The Pharisees went out and immediately took counselwith the Herodians against him to put him to death. (Mark 3: 1-6) How shall I live this Word?In the face of Jesus’ question, “Is it lawful on a Sabbath day to do good or do bad, save a life or kill it?” The Pharisees and Herodians did not answer, and decided to conspire to kill him. If Jesus had asked the same question to...
by SrMaryTerzo | Jan 21, 2025 | Uncategorized
FRIENDS and SERVANTS of the WORD21 January 2025 Tuesday 2 Ordinary TimeSAINT AGNES WORD of the DAYAs Jesus was passing through a field of grain on the sabbath, his disciples began to make a path while picking the heads of grain. At this the Pharisees said to him, “Look, why are they doing what is unlawful on the sabbath?” He said to them, “Have you never read what David did when he was in need and he and his companions were hungry? How he went into the house of God when Abiathar was high priest and ate the bread of offering that only the priests could lawfully eat, and shared it with his companions?” Then he said to them, “The sabbath was made for man, not man for the sabbath. That is why the Son of Man is lord even of the sabbath.” (Mark 2: 23-28) How shall I live this Word? The Son of Man is Lord of the sabbath, Jesus demonstrates His freedom in front of the opinion of the Pharisees, in relation to the action of His disciples who picked and ate the grain on the sabbath and reminds them, the similar action that David did...
by SrMaryTerzo | Jan 20, 2025 | Uncategorized
FRIENDS and SERVANTS of the WORD20 January 2025 Monday 2 Ordinary Time WORD of the DAYThe disciples of John and of the Pharisees were accustomed to fast. People came to Jesus and objected,“Why do the disciples of John and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, but your disciples do not fast?”Jesus answered them, “Can the wedding guests fast while the bridegroom is with them? As long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast. But the days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast on that day. No one sews a piece of unshrunken cloth on an old cloak. If he does, its fullness pulls away, the new from the old, and the tear gets worse. Likewise, no one pours new wine into old wineskins. Otherwise, the wine will burst the skins, and both the wine and the skins are ruined.Rather, new wine is poured into fresh wineskins.” (Mark 2: 18-22) How shall I live this Word? This gospel text, read in the light of hope, leads us to think that if the bridegroom’s friends cannot fast while he is present, so they cannot fall into despair and pessimism,...
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