October 23, 2024 Wednesday of the Twenty-ninth Week 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…

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…

https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/111524.cfm Today’s first reading reminds us to love one another, keep the commandments, and beware the anti-Christ. He said it is nothing new to us. Keep the faith! I adore the psalm today: 119: R. (1b) Blessed are they who follow the law of the Lord!Blessed are they whose way is blameless,who walk in the law…

https://bible.usccb.org/daily-bible-reading In today’s first reading, God tells Ezekiel how to live a virtuous life. These are by following the ten commandments, but also feeding and clothing the needy. Being kind, avoiding sin. The psalm today is my favorite, psalm 51. Contrite heart and spirit I desire. In the gospel, Jesus tells his disciples, let the…

Today’s first reading focused on our purification through the blood of the lamb, Jesus. Also stating the word of God, which is also Jesus, has been proclaimed to us, my word of this year. In the gospel, James and John ask to sit at the right and left of Jesus in heaven. Jesus said that…

Tomorrow starts the first week of Lent. In one of my reflections, the man states that the word Lent means Springtime, a time when the days “lengthen”. It is the time of renewal, growth. Hopefully, a time for growth in my spiritual life. In the gospel, Jesus dines with tax collectors and people ask why….