Religion

OT means ordinary time. We hear about Solomon’s request when God asks him what he wants above all, understanding to judge and guide his people since he was so young. God said that no one would ever be wiser than Solomon. God also said he would give him the things he did not ask for,…

Today’s readings are focused on Jesus. The first reading is a warning from Malachi that someone is coming to save us, but we must turn to the Lord. Commentators say that there was apathy during the days of Malachi. In the second reading, Paul says that Christ came to expiate sin. He suffered and fought…

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…

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…

OT means ordinary time. Joab kills Absalom in today’s first reading. Even though Absalom is trying to overthrow King David, David weeps and mourns for his son. Joab was David’s nephew. The gospel is two stories, one of the woman who is healed after she touches the cloak of Jesus. He notices and when He…

OT means ordinary time. Today’s readings are about faith in times of struggle. David struggles against opposition and his sin in 2Samuel, 15-16. But he remains faithful to God. The responsorial psalm is Lord, rise up and save me. I must keep faith in the Lord who can save me from my sin. In the…

Today’s gospel is an account by Mark in the early days of Jesus’ ministry when he calls out an unclean spirit. It says, “His fame spread everywhere throughout the whole region of Galilee” In one of my reflections they focus on your own conversion from sin and that if you are trying to live a…

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…

Today’s readings are about spreading the gospel for the Kingdom and to have patience. God grows faith in His own time. Timothy and Titus were spreading the good news throughout the Mediterranean. Jesus tells parables of seeds, ones that are planted and grow without tending and the mustard seed that grows into a tree large…

Today’s readings are all about my word of the year, proclaim. In the first reading, either read Paul’s testimony or the actual accounting of Paul encountering Jesus on the road to Damascus where he is blinded by the light! It says after his conversion, he goes out to proclaim Jesus in the synagogues. The response…