Know therefore that the Lord your God is God, the faithful God who keeps covenant and steadfast love with those who love him and keep his commandments.
Homily
Kindness Toward All - Sunday, February 23, 2025
“But rather, love your enemies and do good to them, and lend expecting nothing back; then your reward will be great and you will be children of the Most High, for he himself is kind to the ungrateful and the wicked. Luke 6:35–36
The Church Shall Always Prevail - Saturday, February 22, 2025
“And so I say to you, you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build my Church, and the gates of the netherworld shall not prevail against it. I will give you the keys to the Kingdom of heaven. Matthew 16:18–19
True Fulfillment - Friday, February 21, 2025
“What profit is there for one to gain the whole world and forfeit his life?” Mark 8:36
Understand, Accept, Embrace - Thursday, February 20, 2025
Jesus and his disciples set out for the villages of Caesarea Philippi. Along the way he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that I am?” Mark 8:27
God’s Almighty Power - Wednesday, February 19, 2025
When Jesus and his disciples arrived at Bethsaida, people brought to him a blind man and begged Jesus to touch him. He took the blind man by the hand and led him outside the village. Mark 8:22–23
Comprehending the Mysteries of Heaven - Tuesday, February 18, 2025
“Do you not yet understand or comprehend? Are your hearts hardened? Do you have eyes and not see, ears and not hear?” Mark 8:17–18
From the Depths - Monday, February 17, 2025
The Pharisees came forward and began to argue with Jesus, seeking from him a sign from heaven to test him. He sighed from the depth of his spirit and said, “Why does this generation seek a sign? Amen, Mark 8:11–12
Beatitudes and Woes - Sunday, February 16, 2025
“But woe to you who are rich, for you have received your consolation. Woe to you who are filled now, for you will be hungry. Woe to you who laugh now, for you will grieve and weep. Luke 6:24–26
First Things First - Saturday, February 15, 2025
“My heart is moved with pity for the crowd, because they have been with me now for three days and have nothing to eat. If I send them away hungry to their homes, they will collapse on the way, and some of them have come a great distance.” Mark 8:2–3
Hearing and Speaking the Word of God - Friday, February 14, 2025
They were exceedingly astonished and they said, “He has done all things well. He makes the deaf hear and the mute speak.” Mark 7:37
A Gentile’s Faith - Thursday, February 13, 2025
Soon a woman whose daughter had an unclean spirit heard about him. She came and fell at his feet. The woman was a Greek, a Syrophoenician by birth, and she begged him to drive the demon out of her daughter. Mark 7:25–26
That Which is Within - Wednesday, February 12, 2025
Jesus summoned the crowd again and said to them, “Hear me, all of you, and understand. Nothing that enters one from outside can defile that person; but the things that come out from within are what defile.” Mark 7:14–15