October 23, 2024 Wednesday of the Twenty-ninth Week in Ordinary Time

Today’s first reading is the telling of Stephen’s ministry, after being appointed to preach the gospel and convert sinners, the elders want him to stop, even by providing false witness. As Jesus says in Matthew 5, Blessed are you when they insult you and persecute you and utter every kind of evil against you [falsely]…

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…

Today’s readings focus on keeping the commandments that the Lord gave to Moses. Both Moses and Jesus tell the people to keep God’s commandments. You will be called greatest in the Kingdom of heaven. If it were only that easy. The Catholic Church has the sacrament of reconciliation where a person can be forgiven of…

OT stands for ordinary time. Today I see two miracles in the readings. In the first reading Hannah receives a miracle in her son Samuel. She asks God to provide a son and God provides. Ask and we shall receive! In the gospel, Jesus drives out a demon from a troubled man in the synagogue…

OT means ordinary time. David dies in today’s first reading. Solomon becomes King. In the gospel, Jesus sends out the twelve with authority to preach the gospel and heal others. This is the beginning of the church. He wants every one of us to go out and share the gospel with others. This is my…

OT means ordinary time. Today’s first reading is from 2Samuel 12. David sinned and God punished him by bringing sickness on his child. David fasts and sleeps on the ground in sackcloth, but I kept reading the story and the baby dies. Sometimes thing don’t work out in my life, but as the gospel reminds…