September 10, 2024 Tuesday of the Twenty-third Week in Ordinary Time

OT means ordinary time. I am up late on February 2nd due to a storm, so I am posting this weekend’s readings. I will be working Saturday and will be busy Sunday, so I don’t know if I will have time to post. There is a company in Houston TX that prints bible journals for…

Today’s first reading is from 1Peter and he urges the people to turn away from those evils of the world that are keeping them from holiness. I strive for that every day. In the gospel, Jesus heals the blind man who asks Jesus to have pity on him. Am I spiritually blind? Can I not…

https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/073124.cfm In today’s first reading Jeremiah is asking the Lord for relief. God told him, “If you repent, so that I restore you,in my presence you shall stand; For I am with you,to deliver and rescue you, says the LORD. I will free you from the hand of the wicked,and rescue you from the grasp…

https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/082124.cfm In today’s first reading, God said to the shepherds that they are only tending to themselves and leaving His flock to wander. God said He will shepherd His flock. In the gospel, Jesus told the parable of the man with a vineyard that hired people throughout the day and then paid them equal wages…

https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/091124.cfm Today’s first reading is for the state that a person is in at the time of conversion and baptism. Paul preferred celibacy, so he told the people who were not married to stay that way. He thought it was better in order to do what is right in the eyes of the Lord. In…

Today’s readings are difficult to respond to I guess. The first reading is about David counting the people and then God punishing him for it with three days of pestilence. I don’t understand the punishment for this sin. I’m just glad that Jesus came for my sin and that He is merciful. As the responsorial…