October 3, 2024 Thursday of the Twenty-sixth Week in Ordinary Time

https://bible.usccb.org/daily-bible-reading In today’s first reading, Job long’s to see God’s face. My commentary said that Job states His avenger lives, which could also be said as “I know my REDEEMER lives!” Amen! I started singing the song… In the gospel, Jesus sends out 72 more disciples with instructions. Take nothing, rely on the people of…

October 2, 2024 Memorial of the Holy Guardian Angels

https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/100224.cfm In today’s first reading, Job said that the Lord is all powerful over man. He should be feared and obeyed. In the gospel, I think this is the third time for this passage in just a few weeks. The disciples are asking Jesus who is the greatest in heaven or how do we get…

October 1, 2024 Memorial of Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus, virgin and doctor of the Church

https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/100124.cfm Today’s first reading: Job talks about never being born and so that he was born, that he die. He talks about death and how it should be for him, a sinner. In the gospel, Jesus is traveling to Jerusalem for the final time. They travel through Samaria and the people of the town do…

September 30, 2024 Memorial of Saint Jerome, Priest and Doctor of the Church

https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/093024.cfm In today’s first reading, Job is tested for his remaining a faithful servant of God. Satan sends four different messengers to Job to get him to turn away from God, but Job stays strong in his faith. In the gospel, Jesus again said that anyone who receives the child in His name, receives Him…

September 29, 2024 Twenty-sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time

https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/092924.cfm In today’s first reading, God gives some spirit he gave to Moses to the 70 elders and they start prophesying. Two elders that were not there were also prophesying, but someone told Moses that it was wrong. Moses said “Would that all the people of the LORD were prophets!” Amen! In the second reading,…

September 28, 2024 Saturday of the Twenty-Fifth Week in Ordinary Time

https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/092824.cfm In today’s first reading, you should focus on your life when you are young. Life is a struggle and then you die. Keep God close throughout your life. In the gospel, Jesus said to focus on what I am about to tell you. He tells his disciples that He will be handed over to…

September 27, 2024 Memorial of Saint Vincent de Paul, Priest

https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/092724.cfm Today’s first reading is the famous verses for time. A time to be born, and a time to die;a time to plant, and a time to uproot the plant.A time to kill, and a time to heal;… In the gospel, Jesus asks the disciples who do people say that He is. Then He asks…

September 26, 2024 Thursday of the Twenty-fifth Week in Ordinary Time

https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/092624.cfm Today’s first reading is from Ecclesiastes and some had said that Solomon wrote it, but scholars believe not. It opens with “vanity of all vanities” mostly to focus on the meaning of life. But we need to focus on a life with God. With God all things are possible. Amen! In the gospel, it…

September 25, 2024 Wednesday of the Twenty-fifth Week in Ordinary Time

https://bible.usccb.org/daily-bible-reading In today’s first reading the author said “Two things I ask of you, deny them not to me before I die: Put falsehood and lying far from me, give me neither poverty nor riches; provide me only with the food I need” In the psalm, it is repeated that lying is bad, only the…

September 24, 2024 Tuesday of the Twenty-fifth Week in Ordinary Time

https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/092424.cfm In today’s first reading, there are quick verses to tell us how to live. The two that speak to me: 1: To do what is right and just is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice. 2: He who shuts his ear to the cry of the poor will himself also call and not…