Catholic Daily Reflections

Saturday of the Thirtieth Week in Ordinary Time - When Pride Swells the Soul

Read Online When Pride Swells the Soul “When you are invited by someone to a wedding banquet, do not recline at table in the place of honor. A more distinguished guest

Friday of the Thirtieth Week in Ordinary Time - Overcoming Rash Judgment

Read Online Overcoming Rash Judgment On a sabbath Jesus went to dine at the home of one of the leading Pharisees, and the people there were observing him carefully. In

Thursday of the Thirtieth Week in Ordinary Time - Consoling Jesus’ Sorrowful Heart

Read Online Consoling Jesus’ Sorrowful Heart “Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you, how many times I yearned to gather your child

October 28, Feast of Saints Simon and Jude, Apostles - That Christ May Be Known

Read Online That Christ May Be Known [Jesus] called his disciples to himself, and from them he chose Twelve, whom he also named Apostles: Simon, whom he named Peter, an

Tuesday of the Thirtieth Week in Ordinary Time - From Smallness to Glory

Read Online From Smallness to Glory Jesus said, “What is the Kingdom of God like? To what can I compare it? It is like a mustard seed that a man took and planted in the

Monday of the Thirtieth Week in Ordinary Time - Long-Suffering and Silent Endurance

Read Online Long-Suffering and Silent Endurance Jesus was teaching in a synagogue on the sabbath. And a woman was there who for eighteen years had been crippled by a sp

Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year A) - The Eternal Law of Love

Read Online The Eternal Law of Love When the Pharisees heard that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together, and one of them, a scholar of the law tested

Saturday of the Twenty-ninth Week in Ordinary Time - The Goodness of Repentance

Read Online The Goodness of Repentance Some people told Jesus about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mingled with the blood of their sacrifices. He said to them in

Friday of the Twenty-ninth Week in Ordinary Time - Awakened to His Presence

Read Online Awakened to His Presence Jesus said to the crowds, “When you see a cloud rising in the west you say immediately that it is going to rain—and so it does; and

Thursday of the Twenty-ninth Week in Ordinary Time - A Soul on Fire!

Read Online A Soul on Fire! Jesus said to his disciples: “I have come to set the earth on fire, and how I wish it were already blazing! There is a baptism with which I

Wednesday of the Twenty-ninth Week in Ordinary Time - God’s Holy Demands

Read Online God’s Holy Demands “That servant who knew his master’s will but did not make preparations nor act in accord with his will shall be beaten severely; and the

Tuesday of the Twenty-ninth Week in Ordinary Time - Christ is Coming Today!

Read Online Jesus said to his disciples: “Gird your loins and light your lamps and be like servants who await their master’s return from a wedding, ready to open immedia

Monday of the Twenty-ninth Week in Ordinary Time - An Insatiable Desire

Read Online An Insatiable Desire Someone in the crowd said to Jesus, “Teacher, tell my brother to share the inheritance with me.” He replied to him, “Friend, who appoin

Twenty-ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year A) - An Alliance in Christ

An Alliance in Christ The Pharisees went off and plotted how they might entrap him in speech.  They sent their disciples to him, with the Herodians, saying, “Teacher, we

Saturday of the Twenty-eighth Week in Ordinary Time - Our Confession of Faith

Read Online Our Confession of Faith Jesus said to his disciples: “I tell you, everyone who acknowledges me before others the Son of Man will acknowledge before the ange

Friday of the Twenty-eighth Week in Ordinary Time - Properly Ordered Fear

Read Online Properly Ordered Fear “I tell you, my friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body but after that can do no more. I shall show you whom to fear. Be

Thursday of the Twenty-eighth Week in Ordinary Time - Knowledge of God’s Kingdom

Read Online Knowledge of God’s Kingdom “Woe to you, scholars of the law! You have taken away the key of knowledge. You yourselves did not enter and you stopped those tr

Wednesday of the Twenty-eighth Week in Ordinary Time - Love and Conflict

Read Online Love and Conflict Then one of the scholars of the law said to him in reply, “Teacher, by saying this you are insulting us too.” And he said, “Woe also to yo

Tuesday of the Twenty-eighth Week in Ordinary Time - Unity of Heart and Action

Read Online Unity of Heart and Action After Jesus had spoken, a Pharisee invited him to dine at his home. He entered and reclined at table to eat. The Pharisee was amaz

Monday of the Twenty-eighth Week in Ordinary Time - An Evil Generation?

Read Online An Evil Generation? While still more people gathered in the crowd, Jesus said to them, “This generation is an evil generation; it seeks a sign, but no sign