16th Week, Wednesday, July 21
Exodus 16:1-5, 9-15 / Matthew 13:1-9
16th Week: July 19-24:
16th Week: July 19-24:
July 19 Monday:
The context: Since there had been many false prophets and false messiahs in the past, and since the pride and prejudice of the scribes and the Pharisees did not permit them to see the Messiah in Jesus, a “carpenter-from-Nazareth-turned-wandering-preacher,” these Jewish religious leaders demanded that Jesus show some “Messianic” signs and miracles from their list. They would not believe that Jesus’ numerous miraculous healings were the Messianic signs foretold by their prophets.
16th Week, Tuesday, July 20
16th Week, Tuesday, July 20
Exodus 14:21 - 15:1 / Matthew 12:46-50
God saves his people; Moses stretched out his hand.
17th Sunday B: Give Them Something to Eat
From Fr. Jude Botelho:
The first reading from the second book of Kings tells of the prophet Elisha, during a time of famine. Elisha was offered twenty loaves of barley and fresh ears of grain. Elisha said:
The first reading from the second book of Kings tells of the prophet Elisha, during a time of famine. Elisha was offered twenty loaves of barley and fresh ears of grain. Elisha said:
15th Week, Friday, July 16
15th Week, Friday, July 16
Exodus 11:10 -12:14 / Matthew 12:1-8
The Israelites celebrate the Passover; "Procure a lamb. "
15th Week: July 12-17:
July 12 Monday:
The context: Jesus declares, “I have not come to bring peace but the sword,” meaning the Messianic ministry will divide family member and the society as a whole between those who accept the ideas and ideals preached and the Master who preaches them, from those who oppose both. Jesus then concludes this great “missionary discourse” with an instruction to the twelve Apostles on the cost and the reward found in the commitment to discipleship.
15th Week, Ordinary Time, Monday, July 12
15th Week, Ordinary Time, Monday, July 12
Exodus 1:8-14, 22 / Matthew 10:34 - 11:1
Joseph is forgotten; The Israelites became slaves.
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