August 2, 2024 Friday of the Seventeenth Week in Ordinary Time

Today’s first reading is of Gamaliel who is respected by the elders tells them that they should let the apostles go. He said that if this is of God, no one will be able to defeat it, but if it is from Man and the world, it will die on its own. So true and…

Today’s first reading tells of letting Peter go after telling him to stop using the name of Jesus for healing and preaching. How could Peter stop when he was filled with the Holy Spirit? In the gospel, Mark told the accounts of Jesus appearing to Mary Magdalene, Jesus on the road to Emmaus, and then…

https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/101324.cfm Today’s first reading is Solomon’s prayer for wisdom and guidance from the Lord. Don’t we all need wisdom and guidance from the triune God. I pray, Holy Spirit guide me! The second reading is telling us that God is always watching, the good and the bad. In the gospel, a man is full of…

https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/090524.cfm In the first reading, Paul emphasizes that we are just human. Don’t focus on our wisdom, but our humility. God is the wise one. In the gospel, Jesus performed a miracle by filling two boats with fish after the fishermen didn’t catch one fish during that day and night. Simon Peter was one of…

https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/090824.cfm In the first reading, Isaiah said fear not! The Lord will come to your aid. In the second reading, James said show no partiality. Treat everyone with love and with God in mind. In the gospel, Jesus heals the deaf man. He would prefer that people hear the good news and not focus on…

OT means ordinary time. The first reading is the visit of the Queen of Sheba to Solomon. She had to see with her own eyes the power and wisdom of Solomon and she states that it is the power of his God that she sees in Israel. It is so great that Solomon pours forth…