For if you love those who love you, what reward have you? Do not even the tax collectors do the same? (Matthew 5:46-47)
Homily
Courage to Change - Friday, September 5, 2025
“Likewise, no one pours new wine into old wineskins. Otherwise, the new wine will burst the skins, and it will be spilled, and the skins will be ruined. Rather, new wine must be poured into fresh wineskins. Luke 5:37–39
A Personal Encounter - Thursday, September 4, 2025
When Simon Peter saw this, he fell at the knees of Jesus and said, “Depart from me, Lord, for I am a sinful man.” Luke 5:8
Laying the Foundation - Wednesday, September 3, 2025
After Jesus left the synagogue, he entered the house of Simon. Simon’s mother-in-law was afflicted with a severe fever, and they interceded with him about her. He stood over her, rebuked the fever, and it left her. Luke 4:38–39
Authority and Power - Tuesday, September 2, 2025
They were all amazed and said to one another, “What is there about his word? For with authority and power he commands the unclean spirits, and they come out.” And news of him spread everywhere in the surrounding region. Luke 4:36–37
An Emotional Reaction to Jesus - Monday, September 1, 2025
When the people in the synagogue heard this, they were all filled with fury. They rose up, drove him out of the town, and led him to the brow of the hill on which their town had been built, to hurl him down headlong. Luke 4:28–30