October 11, 2024 Friday of the Twenty-seventh Week in Ordinary Time

https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/081924.cfm Today’s first reading is about the death of Ezekiel’s wife. God told Ezekiel he should not mourn and to not cover his beard. He did want him to do the traditions that surrounded death to show others to not mourn for Jerusalem. In the gospel, a man with many possessions asks Jesus what he…

Today’s first reading is regarding the newly converted Gentiles, what to do with them. Some were insisting on circumcision. The reading doesn’t say what actually happened, but when new ideas are introduced within religion, there will be the ones who don’t like change. In the gospel, John 15, we hear again that Jesus is the…

Today’s first reading is from the prophet Jeremiah where he tells God that people want to persecute him. Sometimes I ask God why. Why I have ailments or financial issues or something else that I think is unfair, since I try to be a good catholic and I trust in Him. And the days still…

https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/061824.cfm In today’s first reading, Ahab was doing evil killing people for his selfish gain, so the Lord sent Elijah to tell the king that he would surely die as did his that he had killed and all of his descendants. Ahab put on sackcloth and was remorse for what he had done, so the…

https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/102224.cfm In the first reading, Paul was trying to unite the Jews and gentiles who believed in Jesus. He spoke of God’s grace and peace. We even state that in the responsorial psalm, “The Lord speaks of peace to his people” In the gospel, Jesus tells his disciples to make yourselves ready. How elated the…

Today’s gospel shows us John the Baptist revealing that Jesus Christ is Lord. Jesus will baptize us with the Holy Spirit. John also tells us of a dove coming down from heaven which is the Holy Spirit. As I read this I also thought of the story of Noah’s Ark and the dove that was…