August 18, 2024 Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time

https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/072224.cfm We have two choices for the first reading today. Both focus on how much better it is if you know Jesus and you follow Jesus. In one of the readings, someone is searching for Jesus and finds Him after death. In the other reading, Paul said that you have died to the flesh and…

Today’s first reading is from Isaiah. This book of the Bible is hardest for me since it is prophetic. I read many commentaries and still not sure about its message. They say it is the song of the servant and that it is talking about Jesus’ suffering. The gospel is much easier to comprehend. Judas…

Today’s first reading tells us if the wicked change their ways, they will live. Then if the righteous turn and do evil, they will surely die. Makes sense. I guess people were afraid to die back then. The gospel is much scarier to me because Jesus said that you will burn in the fires of…

https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/070824.cfm Today’s first reading is from the prophet Hosea. He was from northern Israel and he was betrayed by his wife, adultery. My commentary says that he writes about God’s relationship with man as a marriage. John and Paul make this reference in the New Testament. God wants his people to return to the covenant…

OT means ordinary time. The first reading is a warning about being tempted by evil and that God provides all the good things and not the bad. He does allow the bad to happen in His plan for each of us. I need to trust that His plan for me is the right one. Trust…

Today we place ashes on our foreheads to remind us that to dust we will return. The priest will say either “Remember, you are dust and to dust you will return” or “Turn away from sin and be faithful to the Gospel “ Lent is the time to turn from sin, with prayer, fasting, and…